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The investigator will find carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are the elements in HFCS (high fructose corn syrup). It's all C6H12O6 chemically speaking, but there is a catch.

HFCS is a blending of 1) corn syrup (which is 100% glucose) that has been processed to increase its fructose content, and 2) corn syrup (which is all glucose). In the world of biochemistry, we can have a number of compounds with the same chemical formula, but that have different molecular structures. Both fructose and glucose each have the same chemical formula as the other (C6H12O6). But by rearranging some of the molecules and then producing a "blend" of the two sugars, we now have HFCS as a food product you can add to just about anything you like.

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