LOS ANGELES (AP) — Big Sugar and Big Corn face off in court this week in a bitter, multibillion-dollar battle over sweeteners.
The jury in the trial starting Tuesday in Los Angeles will take up one of the most vexing debates in nutrition: What’s the difference between sugar and high fructose corn syrup?
Sugar processors are seeking as much as $2 billion in a false-advertising suit against corn refiners and agribusinesses giants Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill.
Sugar says it lost money when corn refiners tried to rebrand high fructose corn syrup product as “corn sugar” and claimed it was the same as cane sugar.
The corn refiners are countersuing for $530 million, accusing the sugar industry of making false and misleading statements about their product.
