Since high fructose corn syrup processors are asking the FDA to allow them to change their product’s name, the New York Times has helpfully put this matter up to a reader vote. The five possible choices were submitted by Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Michael Jacobson, Barry Popkin, and Andrew Weil.
I like Pollan’s coinage—Enzymatically Altered Corn Glucose—best, precisely because it’s the one that corn processors will like least. Link.
