? It was the year that the Japanese introduced their new processed ingredient called high fructose corn syrup. This wonderful concoction was a money-saving dream sweetener and thickener for food manufacturers, and the US government threw more subsidy money to corn farmers to keep the supplies coming. Check your food labels today. You will find it in just about everything from bread, to cereals and juice drinks, jars of tomato sauce, jams, jellies and even croutons!