Dive Brief:
- Hershey is considering a plan to replace the high fructose corn syrup in some of its products with sugar.
- The idea comes amid growing concern among consumers that HFCS is particularly unhealthy.
- Among the Hershey products that could be affected by such a change are Almond Joy, York, and Hershey syrup. The Hershey chocolate bar does not contain HFCS.
Dive Insight:
Everything that you need to know about Hershey's reasoning here can be explained in this quote from the company's chief of research and development, on the debate over sugar vs. high fructose corn syrup: "We take into account what consumers want. And consumers are telling us between the two, they prefer sugar."
Corn growers and processors may disagree, and so may many scientists. But the customer, as they say, is always right. So it seems likely that Hershey will yank HFCS soon.