sweetening agent

In 2010, the association submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration to have its sweetening agent renamed “corn sugar” on nutrition labels.

Add the jaggery/sugar and vinegar and allow the sweetening agent to fully dissolve.

Corn refiners have been using “corn sugar” in advertisements in an attempt to rebrand high fructose corn syrup, the sweetening agent found in most sodas and many processed foods.

Remember, however, that "both types of yogurt can contain high amounts of carbs if they're sweetened with sugar or another sweetening agent," says Kari Hartel, a Missouri-based registered dietitian.

The sugar groups say the father-in-the-cornfield advertisement and other national television, print and online commercials from the corn industry amount to false advertising because sugar is not the same as high fructose corn syrup, the sweetening agent now found in the bulk of sodas and processed foods.