WTF does this have to do with God? Why are you even trying to bring religion into this?
I did not just discover this, I was simply pointing it out, as an example since lot of foods that are marketed as being something, actually arn't that. Peanut butter is the same way. Probably honey as well, though I don't have any honey here so I can't check, I'll check next time I go to the grocery store.
But those syrups aren't marketed that way. There was a fuss a few years back over one brand using a similar bottle design as one of the established real maple syrup brands when they were selling like some bastardized mix or something that wasn't real maple syrup. I believe they actually got sued over it. That's totally different from those other syrups.
Peanut butter isn't the same way since it is peanut butter, but the amount of oils used does have some impact. That's waaaaaay overblown though now since they've largely switched away from the trans fat oils. Granted I do prefer more base peanut, but if you think you're being a lot healthier by eating some niche "100% organic" peanut butter you're just deluding yourself.
The problem with honey is outright fraud. I think the real fraud in honey was it was being sourced from China and then sent to other countries where it was processed and then imported to the US. Thing is, I don't know that the honey was actually bad, its just that a company was bypassing tariffs and obviously being fraudulent about the source. But it being Chinese sourced who the hell knows (but, if its purified then I would think it would also filter out the shitty stuff in the Chinese honey but I could be wrong). So its not as bad as the olive oil fraud. Also the crap about buying local honey to help with allergies is BS.
My understanding is that HFCS is similar to sugar but the slight chemical differences mean you eat it but your body does not feel full after eating it like it would if you are natural cane sugar, so you eat the HFCS and just want more due to not feeling satieated.
I have mostly eliminated it from my diet. The only time I have it is usually when I eat candy.
Outside of organic products, It's very hard to find salad dressing, jelly, tomato sauce, or salsa here in the US that doesn't have HFCS in it. It's also in a lot of breads.
I haven't seen that actually backed up by studies but I stopped paying attention to this since anyone with half a brain gave up arguing about HFCS vs "sugar" and instead have moved the focus to sugar intake in general.
I actually don't think the fairly minor amount of sugars put into things like breads and other foods to make them more palatable is that big of a problem (and frankly, that is not a recent phenomenon like some people would have you believe, people are just made more aware of it due to nutritional labels), as its the overabundance and overconsumption of high sugar foods that are the real problem. We went from pop not existing, to being an occasional dessert to it being a staple of most meals plus a general beverage for some people. Or dumping tons of sugars into coffee and tea based drinks. Or "sports" drinks. Or "fruit" or "dairy" drinks that contain more sugar than pop does.
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