High-fructose corn syrup

GI(Glucose = 100)

56^*56^*

Energy(kcal/100g)

281 kcal281 kcal

Carbs(g/100g)

76 g76 g

Sugars(g/100g)

75.6 g75.6 g

Functional benefits

No cited minerals or other functional notes on file yet.

Cited minerals can add up to +2 on Everyday Health — see Methods.

Risks & side effects

• High fructose load

  caution

  Hepatic / free-sugars framing (WHO). Low GI is not a hepatic free pass. Composition and use-level matter. Not a treatment claim.

  WHO — Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children (2015)

• Faster AGE formation (in vitro)

  caution

  HFCS grades carry a high free-fructose share. In-vitro fructation reactivity is the cite — not a measured blood-AGE assay for this syrup. Display risk; Everyday −0.30 already applies — no extra penalty.

  Aragno & Mastrocola — Dietary sugars and endogenous AGE formation (Nutrients) (2017)

Not medical advice. Published recipe penalties (if any) are on Methods — not a clinical severity scale.

Notes

• Low GI measures blood-glucose rise after a load — not liver fructose handling or glycation chemistry. Pure fructose and high-fructose syrups can still sit under free-sugars / hepatic-load framing, and in-vitro fructation runs faster than glucation, even when the GI cell looks green.

  Editorial table note. Not a diagnosis or treatment claim. Everyday recipe applies a published high-fructose penalty (−0.30).

  WHO — Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children (2015)

• Wright 2014 measured GI 56 for an HFCS control. Brand-Miller (GI News 2010) noted manufacturers had not published graded HFCS-42 vs HFCS-55 assays; blogs quoting 58–73 by grade are estimates, not this cell.

  Composition (42 vs 55) still shifts expected GI.

  GI News / Brand-Miller — HFCS GI not published by manufacturers (University of Sydney) (2010)

Notes explain what the open axis or risk labels alone can miss — not medical advice.