This document shows U.S. per capita availability of caloric sweeteners from 1966 to 2006. It finds that total caloric sweetener availability peaked in 1999 at 151.3 pounds per person per year and has declined since, falling to 138.9 pounds in 2006. Corn sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup have largely replaced cane and beet sugar as the primary caloric sweetener available to Americans over this time period, increasing from 13.9 pounds per person in 1966 to 75 pounds in 2006.
This document shows U.S. per capita availability of caloric sweeteners from 1966 to 2006. It finds that total caloric sweetener availability peaked in 1999 at 151.3 pounds per person per year and has declined since, falling to 138.9 pounds in 2006. Corn sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup have largely replaced cane and beet sugar as the primary caloric sweetener available to Americans over this time period, increasing from 13.9 pounds per person in 1966 to 75 pounds in 2006.
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U.S. per capita food availability, caloric sweeteners 1966-2006
This document shows U.S. per capita availability of caloric sweeteners from 1966 to 2006. It finds that total caloric sweetener availability peaked in 1999 at 151.3 pounds per person per year and has declined since, falling to 138.9 pounds in 2006. Corn sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup have largely replaced cane and beet sugar as the primary caloric sweetener available to Americans over this time period, increasing from 13.9 pounds per person in 1966 to 75 pounds in 2006.
This document shows U.S. per capita availability of caloric sweeteners from 1966 to 2006. It finds that total caloric sweetener availability peaked in 1999 at 151.3 pounds per person per year and has declined since, falling to 138.9 pounds in 2006. Corn sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup have largely replaced cane and beet sugar as the primary caloric sweetener available to Americans over this time period, increasing from 13.9 pounds per person in 1966 to 75 pounds in 2006.