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Seattle-area store PCC Natural Markets has stopped selling all products containing high-fructose corn syrup. They have announced that they will no longer carry any product sweetened with corn syrup.

High-fructose corn syrup has drawn criticism both as a sweetener in general and also due to its specific biochemical properties. Studies have indicated that high-fructose corn syrup may be worse for the body than similar sweeteners, and that it may interfere with the brain’s ability to tell when it is full.

Food manufacturers have long been attracted to corn syrup because it is so cheap to produce. This has enabled them to add sweetness to just about anything very inexpensively.

PCC has also banned trans fats and milk produced from cows treated with growth hormones and does not provide plastic bags for shoppers.