High fructose corn syrup misinformation is being peddled at the grocery store and in the news. As you consider sweets for your sweetheart this holiday, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board would like to reiterate that High Fructose Corn Syrup is a natural and safe sweetener for this Valentine’s Day and throughout the year.

“Both medical and nutrition groups along with a few of the loudest food industry critics believe that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a natural sweetener made from corn, is exactly the same nutritionally as sugar,” said Tim Burrack, a corn farmer from Northeast Iowa, and chairman of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board.

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