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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 10:15 am
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or switch to Pepsi in parts of Canada, if you want your sugar fix. The provinces of Alberta and PEI both bottle using MIS instead of Fruc-55.

Also, PEI not only uses invert sugar, but also bottles in 300mL returnable glass... which holds the CO2 in much better than PET. An added bonus if you're an Anne of Green Gables fan.

as an aside, a very common HFCS formulation used in bottling for both CCB and PBG is Fruc-55, a 55/45 fructose to glucose ratio. Since sucrose is by nature, 50% fructose, Fruc-55 is chemically very similar to the sucrose used in bottling. MIS (medium invert sugar) is the common liquid sucrose used in bottling (they don't dissolve table sugar into the sodas!). Since invertase is used to break sucrose into fructose and glucose in a liquid suspension, there is very little difference between metabolizing 55% fructose HFCS and 50% fructose MIS, contrary to what "many people" may believe.

However, people may be consuming more sugar in general through HFCS since bottling formulas made with HFCS can contain slightly more sugar per gallon of syrup than invert sugar formulas (due to the slightly different sweetening properties of each type of sweetener).

But the bottom line is that dietitians and food advocates really only agree about one thing- overconsuption of processed sugars in any form is detrimental to long term health.
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