Comments on: High Fructose Corn Syrup and Honey – A Sneaky Relationship http://www.thefitshack.com/2007/08/31/high-fructose-corn-syrup-and-honey-a-sneaky-relationship/ Permanent Weight Loss | NLP Weight Loss Coach with a Twist of LOA | JoLynn Braley Certified Master NLP Practitioner and Coach Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JoLynn Braley http://www.thefitshack.com/2007/08/31/high-fructose-corn-syrup-and-honey-a-sneaky-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-6551 JoLynn Braley Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:00:33 +0000 http://www.thefitshack.com/2007/08/31/high-fructose-corn-syrup-and-honey-a-sneaky-relationship/#comment-6551 Hi Cody, Thanks so much for coming back and commenting to tell me about this, I sure do understand your frustration! Well I'm not a lawyer and don't know about how to do class action lawsuits so I wouldn't be able to help you with that unfortunately but I'd be very interested to hear if you organize something. The only thing I'd check out first is the FDA rulings on the labeling of honey and high fructose corn syrup. They have so many loop holes re: how manufacturers can label their foods legally while it is very confusing (and I think misleading) for the consumer. For example, how <a href="http://www.thefitshack.com/2008/06/25/msg-and-aspartame-tasty-excitotoxins/" rel="nofollow">MSG</a>, <a href="http://www.thefitshack.com/2007/09/10/contains-zero-trans-fat-truth-or-legal-advertising/" rel="nofollow">trans fats</a>, and <a href="http://www.thefitshack.com/2007/05/30/little-known-secrets-of-sugar-free-food-labeling/" rel="nofollow">"sugar-free"</a> products can be labeled and marketed very creatively so that if you don't read the fine print or do research you won't know what the product really contains. No, I'm not saying I think that is right, not at all, so if you organize this I'd be interested to hear the outcome, for sure! (and I do think the labeling is very misleading for so many of the ingredients in processed foods). Hi Cody,

Thanks so much for coming back and commenting to tell me about this, I sure do understand your frustration!

Well I’m not a lawyer and don’t know about how to do class action lawsuits so I wouldn’t be able to help you with that unfortunately but I’d be very interested to hear if you organize something. The only thing I’d check out first is the FDA rulings on the labeling of honey and high fructose corn syrup. They have so many loop holes re: how manufacturers can label their foods legally while it is very confusing (and I think misleading) for the consumer.

For example, how MSG, trans fats, and “sugar-free” products can be labeled and marketed very creatively so that if you don’t read the fine print or do research you won’t know what the product really contains.

No, I’m not saying I think that is right, not at all, so if you organize this I’d be interested to hear the outcome, for sure! (and I do think the labeling is very misleading for so many of the ingredients in processed foods).

]]> By: Cody C. http://www.thefitshack.com/2007/08/31/high-fructose-corn-syrup-and-honey-a-sneaky-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-6549 Cody C. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:09:24 +0000 http://www.thefitshack.com/2007/08/31/high-fructose-corn-syrup-and-honey-a-sneaky-relationship/#comment-6549 You said to tell you if someone finds honey that lists HFCS as an ingredent... well... I found some. It was at a fast food place, I think it was jack in the box or something like that. Either way, it's on the little packets >>>>LABELED<<<< "Honey" but it actually doesn't have ANY honey in it. Just HFCS and a carmel coloring, I believe. Crazy stuff. It really ticked me off. I thought I was getting honey and I was totally scammed. I'm seriously tempted to go and start a lawsuit about it, to be honest. I mean, when I go to the store and buy a 5 pound bag of sugar, I don't expect to have to check the ingredents to make damn sure that it is, indeed, sugar (as it's labeled and marketed as). If you're willing to aid me in this lawsuit, please let me know. I'd like to form a small army and make a class action on this. Thanks. You said to tell you if someone finds honey that lists HFCS as an ingredent… well… I found some. It was at a fast food place, I think it was jack in the box or something like that. Either way, it’s on the little packets >>>>LABELED<<<< “Honey” but it actually doesn’t have ANY honey in it. Just HFCS and a carmel coloring, I believe. Crazy stuff. It really ticked me off. I thought I was getting honey and I was totally scammed. I’m seriously tempted to go and start a lawsuit about it, to be honest. I mean, when I go to the store and buy a 5 pound bag of sugar, I don’t expect to have to check the ingredents to make damn sure that it is, indeed, sugar (as it’s labeled and marketed as). If you’re willing to aid me in this lawsuit, please let me know. I’d like to form a small army and make a class action on this. Thanks.

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