High Fructose Corn Syrup Vs. Fructose

this article might help:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/sugar-may-be-bad...

Fructose is naturally occurring and found in fruits and vegetables; HFCS is made from corn syrup. Both are bad for you alone, but because fructose is found in vegetables and fruit, which also contain fiber and vitamins and minerals, foods that contain fructose can still be good for you overall. HFCS is only found in processed, man-made foods which typically lack any nutrients, meaning it is generally found in foods that are completely worthless and consist only of empty calories. If you just make a rule of avoiding processed, packaged foods as much as possible, you will pretty much be okay regardless of whatever else you eat. I'm in school studying holistic health and nutrition so that's somewhat of an expert opinion ;-)

High fructose corn syrup is man made (and very bad), while fructose is a naturally occurring sugar in fruits.

Fructose is a naturally occurring "sugar" produced by fruit, some root vegetables (yams, etc) and honey. Sugar is usually sucrose, what we call table sugar. But, the word "sugar" is usually a generic term meaning a carbohydrate.

Here's how Wikipedia explains it (it's pretty scientific, so you may want to skip to a chart that shows the sweetness of various "sugar" sources).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose

High Fructose Corn Syrup is usually a combination of "fructose" and "glucose" - according to this wikipedia article.

My understanding is that most dieticians would point you in the direction of fructose as a natural, simple carb any day over a complex carb like high fructose corn syrup.

also the machines that manufacture HIGH fructose syrup contain mercury and contaminate many products containing it like Welch's Jelly, Heinz Ketchup, there is a list of over 60 common name brands that were tested and contain mercury!