The best seven words in food advertising.

There was a time in my life when I was an avid calorie-counter. In those days, 100 calorie English Muffins would have been exciting to me. Those days are gone, now, but I’m still thrilled with these muffins. Why?

NOW WITH NO HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

I can’t say enough about the evils of corn syrup, but I can’t say it very well either. Does anyone out there know of a definitive trustworthy encapsulation on this topic? I’ll look for one and revisit this subject.

There are many other sources of carbohydrates out there that are corn syrup-free and don’t cost $3.79 for 11 oz (319 grams) of food. Among my favorites are Healthy Life brand bread, and some locally produced, inexpensive pita bread bought at Fairway grocery store in New York. Still, $3.79 isn’t terrible and Thomas’ is nutritionally almost unbeatable, with 1g of non-saturated or trans fat per serving, 24g carbohydrates with less than 1g sugar, and 4g protein. Too bad it’s not whole wheat.

For now, let me just say that these words are underused even in healthy food products, but for me they’re the highest recommendation: NO Corn Syrup!

UPDATE: I’ve seen the mark of no corn syrup on Whole Wheat and other varieties recently…good stuff.