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		pyre on July 16, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is Sugar Really Toxic? Most HFCS in use today is a mixture of 45% glucose / 55% fructose. Sucrose is 1 glucose molecule and 1 fructose molecule bonded together. If fructose is really the 'bad' thing here, then HFCS has more of it.

donaldc on July 16, 2013 [–]

It can be even worse than that. Studies have found some HFCS to contain as much as 65% fructose.

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