HFCS Press Kit

The Corn Refiners Association launched a multi-media advertising and public relations campaign to change the conversation about high
fructose corn syrup.

This online press kit provides factual information about high fructose corn syrup, including expert perspectives, as well as campaign details at a glance.

Useful Documents

• Key Points about High Fructose Corn Syrup
• American Medical Association Press Release: AMA finds high fructose syrup unlikely to be more harmful to health than other caloric sweetners
• American Dietetic Association: Hot Topics paper on High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Food and Drug Administration: Letter to Corn Refiners Association on use of the term natural for products containing HFCS
  
• Recent Studies Confirm High Fructose Corn Syrup No Different from Sugar
• Many Foods Contain Only Small Amounts of High Fructose Corn Syrup
• All Calories Count: Average Daily Per Capita Calories Consumed
• Questions and Answers about High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Top Published Myths about High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Food Technology Article: Ten Myths about High Fructose Corn Syrup
• What the Experts are Saying about High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Changing the Conversation about High Fructose Corn Syrup
  
• Campaign at a Glance

Press Releases

• New Campaign Aims to "Change the Conversation" about High Fructose Corn Syrup (pdf)
• Corn Refiners Welcome FDA Clarification that High Fructose Corn Syrup Can Be Labeled Natural (pdf)
• Corn Refiners Applaud American Medical Association Decision on High Fructose Corn Syrup (pdf)
• As School Starts Again, Moms Express Nutrition Concerns — Yet Real Culprits Often Overlooked (pdf)
• Fructose Frequently Confused With High Fructose Corn Syrup (pdf)
• Even Former Critics Dispel Long-Held Myths about High Fructose Corn Syrup (pdf)
• No Reason to Switch from High Fructose Corn Syrup Says Corn Refiners Association (pdf)
• Experts Lay to Rest Long-Held Misconceptions about High Fructose Corn Syrup at ILSI-USDA Workshop (pdf)
• Analysis of High Fructose Corn Syrup-Free Marketing and New Consumer Research Suggests Some Food Comapnies Adding to Sweetener Confusion (pdf)
  

Advertising Campaign

• Click here for television, print, and online advertising

To schedule an interview with an independent expert concerning high fructose corn syrup or for more information, please contact:

Audrae Erickson
President
Corn Refiners Association
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006-5806
Phone: (202) 331-1634
Fax: (202) 331-2054
pressinquiry@corn.org