Starbucks’ New Super Size

Coffee is a multi-billion dollar per year industry and while I’m not a coffee drinker (and never have been), hoards of folks are obviously consuming this beverage on a regular basis.  Starbucks is the market leader in the snob specialty coffee retailer sector.  They are about to unveil a new super-size (‘Trenta’) option for iced coffee, [...]

Is Sugar Really Any Better Than HFCS?

Sugar vs. High-Fructose Corn Syrup NYTimes.com recently posted an article about sugar’s (cane and beet) overtaking of Big Food’s beloved high-fructose corn syrup in popular food items.  In the article, a market research analyst was quoted as saying “Sugar was the old devil, and high-fructose corn syrup is the new devil.”  According to the Dept. of [...]