Hey There's Corn In My Candy

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“Hey there’s corn in my candy!” corn syrup is a sweet substance made from processed cornstarch. Corn syrup that is made in food and drinks is called “High-Fructose Corn Syrup” (HFCS). It is mostly used in soft drinks, and many foods and baked goods. Most people say sugar is a white powdery substance that we use to make our food sweet, but actually, it is more than that. Sugar is known as sucrose and it comes from two different plant sources. The two plants are cane and beet. What is the difference between corn syrup and sugar? Well corn syrup is mainly made of glucose, and sugar mainly contains of sucrose. In my project I will be talking about how corn syrup does not need to be added to every sweet good. I believe corn syrup is a sweetener just like sugar. For example, lollipops consist of both sugar and corn syrup, but why? I am going to find that out during my experiment. There are different types of substances in lollipops but it all comes down to both sugar and corn syrup. Why do lollipops need two different sweeteners? Why not either sugar or corn syrup? These are some of the questions that come to my mind. This might be a difficult task to achieve but it is also a topic most of America wants to know about. Having both sweeteners into one small lollipop causes severe affects and diseases, such as Heart problems, Obesity, and Diabetes. Scientist are constantly trying to find solutions to these disease, but have they ever thought it may be because of the amount of sweeteners in all these goods? We need to find out and we need to make a stop to putting so many sweeteners in just one good. During my project I will find out why corn syrup and sugar are needed together in lollipops. I will also make a survey asking people to taste a lollipop consisting of corn syrup and sugar and then I will ask them to taste a lollipop that only consist of sugar. What if the

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