Project Overview
DIY High Fructose Corn Syrup is an investigation into the world of processed foods through a single ingredient. DIY HFCS is citizen food science in action. The DIY High Fructose Corn Syrup Kit (DIY HFCS KIT) began as a journey to uncover the mysteries of processed food. Often times at the grocery store while reading common food labels, one cannot distinguish what certain ingredients are or where they come from. The DIY HFCS Kit is a way to visualize as well as interact with the food science behind industrialized ingredients, it is citizen food science for everyone, everywhere. DIY HFCS is currently being taught in college courses on food studies and was once used in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the corn industry for falsely claiming that HFCS is natural.
DIY HFCS
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Creator
Date
2013
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N/A
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DIY High Fructose Corn Syrup Kit
Description
The ingredient chosen for this particular kit is one that is seen a lot in processed and pre-made foods, it is pretty much everywhere, and it goes by the name high fructose corn syrup. The interesting thing about high fructose corn syrup is that the ingredient pops up in so many foods; from cereal to bread, yogurt to ice cream, frozen dinners to canned soups; but high fructose corn syrup is never actually sold on its own. One of the main reasons for this is because it is a highly processed industrialized ingredient created in large factories behind very closed doors. The method for making for high fructose corn syrup was not easy to uncover, nor were the ingredients, but with a little help from some friends and a whole lotta research and testing the Kit was finally created. The DIY High Fructose Corn Syrup Kit contains all of the ingredients you need to make high fructose corn syrup at home along with an instructional video, all you need is a stovetop or crock pot and I’ve provided the rest. I strongly believe in learning through experience and making. With this Kit and future DIY Processed Foods Kits we are all citizen food scientists armed with an increased knowledge about what goes in our food.
For more information please visit http://diyhfcs.mayaweinstein.com