CORN SWEETENER USE DECLINESCHANGING BEVERAGE PREFERENCES AND NEW SWEETENER OPTIONS SLOW DEMAND.

摘要

As corn stocks ballooned and prices tanked during the 1980s farm crisis, one gleam of good news came from a new corn product -high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). In 1984, major soft drink companies replaced colas' sugar with 100% HFGS, and corn use for the sweetener hit 310 million bu.