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If you think HFCS and sugar are the same, and that tomato concentrate and tomatoes are also the same...I guess.

In this particular situation, HFCS is going to be 42-55% fructose (with the rest as glucose) while the hydrolyzed sugar will be a 50:50 mix. Not entirely the same, but pretty close!

Actually it is HFCS + (a smaller amount of) CS. CS is pure glucose, so it could be as little as 21% fructose. In any event, it would be legal for products with the US label and the UK label to have chemically identical sugars.

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