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Food Science Presentation
Food Science Presentation
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Undergraduate 3
04/10/2012
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High fructose corn syrup


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High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a calorie-providing sweetener used to sweeten foods and beverages, particularly processed and store-bought foods. 
 first produced in Japan in the late 1960s, then entered the American food supply system in the early 1970s.
•Desirable food ingredient because
•It is equally as sweet as table sugar
•Blends well with other foods
•helps foods to maintain a longer shelf life,
•and is less expensive (due to government subsidies on corn)
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History
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20th century, when the Olivieri family of New Jersey ran a small business producing Tru-Fruit flavors by squeezing fresh fruit. 


believed that a chocolate flavor, which could be marketed without fear of spoilage, would be a very successful addition to his Tru-Fruit business
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Creation
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Mr. Olivieri was assisting his wife in the kitchen while she was preparing to preserve her homemade tomato sauce. 
After further experimentation, Mr. Olivieri realized that while time and temperature were the two main factors in this new process, agitation was also necessary in order to achieve uniform heating of his product.
This led him to the purchase of a rotating pressure retort with which he processed his first commercial batch of chocolate drink
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