Showing posts with label high fructose corn syrup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high fructose corn syrup. Show all posts

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Nostalgic "Real Sugar" Soft Drinks: A New "Health" Fad"?

Recently, I tried a soft drink called Moxie Original Elixir. I try to avoid anything with a large sugar content -- that covers most soft drinks in general -- but was assured by my hubby that if I had to drink any soda at all, it should be one that has real cane sugar like Moxie -- not containing high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is the industry standard.

BUT

After checking on the official Moxie website, I found out that normally, the soft drink DOES contain high fructose corn syrup. What I drank in a Park Slope, Brooklyn bar was the nostalgic version of Moxie. Moxie Original Elixir uses cane sugar. Moxie "regular" lists high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar" as its second ingredient, after carbonated water.