April 23/Washington/Corn Refiners Association via PRNewswire -- In a NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams report, "The sweet truth about high fructosecorn syrup (HFCS)," chief science correspondent Robert Bazell noted, "Top nutrition scientists say there is indeed little difference between the two products (HFCS and table sugar)."
In commenting on the NBC story, Audrae Erickson, president of the Corn Refiners Association concluded, "This NBC Nightly News story sheds the light of day on an important health and nutrition matter for American consumers. There is no nutritional difference between high fructose corn syrup and sugar. A sugar is a sugar. It is the calories that count."