Beverages containing high fructose corn syrup may have 4-5 times more carbohydrates and calories than listed, potentially contributing to obesity.

“the carbohydrate content of beverages determined after acid hydrolysis were substantially four to five hold higher than the listed values of carbohydrates as fructose and glucose in high fructose corn syrup may exist as monosaccharides disaccharides or oligosaccharides analysis of the high fructose corn syrup carbohydrate content samples May yield widely different results depending on the degree of hydrolysis of the oligosaccharides with inclusion of mild acid hydrolysis all samples showed significantly higher fructose and glucose content than listed on the labels then the listed values of carbohydrates on the nutrition labels the underestimation of carbohydrate content in beverages may be a contributing factor in the development of obesity in children”