摘要：The United States (US), once the world's largest sugar importer with 20% of the global importmarket, today (1999) accounts for a 5.8% of such market (Evans; USDA, 1998; Hannah and Spence).This dramatic change has been considerably influenced by US sugar policy and dynamics within the USsweeteners market. Of major concern is the unintended consequence of the program that has contributedto the development and commercialization of an alternative sweetener, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).HFCS is a liquid caloric sweetener made from ordinary cornstarch and can be substituted for sugar(sucrose) in most liquid uses. Given its relative low cost, HFCS has been adopted in a wide range ofprocessed food products including beverages, baked goods, dairy products, jams, jellies etc. Potential fordisplacing liquid sugar in the US is evident where HFCS accounts for around 49% of total US sweetenerconsumption in 1998 (LMC International).
