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Sugar sues corn

American sugar producers and processors have filed suit in an effort to prevent the corn sweetener industry from using “corn sugar” to describe high fructose corn syrup.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by Western Sugar Cooperative, Michigan Sugar Company and C & H Sugar Company, charges that the “corn sugar” branding campaign financed by the corn refining industry constitutes false advertising under federal and state law.

The Corn Refiners Association petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last September to allow the use of “corn sugar” instead of” high fructose corn syrup” in ingredient lists.

The sugar producers charge HFCS is not a natural sugar and seek an injunction to end the advertising campaign and seek damages, including compensation for corrective advertising.

CRA president, Audrae Erickson says the sugar suit is without merit. “High fructose corn syrup and sugar are nutritionally and metabolically equivalent; experts have supported this claim, including the American Dietetic Association and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.”

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