More Ingredients

Chicory Root Extract.....here's another one, I am wondering about. I see it in both the granola bars I eat. In fact I have a granola bar right now and thats the first ingredient. I know absolutely nothing about it.
Chicory root extract is a dietary supplement or food additive produced by mixing dried, ground, chicory root with water, and removing the insoluble fraction by filtration and centrifugation. Other methods may be used to remove pigments and sugars. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory)
Food additive doesn't sound good to me, but I need to do more research. Anyone want to join me in the hunt to find out more???.........to be continued

Ingredients

Since we are done cooking in my class and the semester is almost over, I decided to turn to the examining of ingredients in some processed and manufactored foods. I have a lot of knowledge about things like high fructose corn syrup and fully and partially hydrogenated oils/fats (trans fats), but there are reoccuring ingredients in some of the 'natural' or 'organic' things I buy. Such as, what is high maltose corn syrup?? Is it really any different from high fructose corn syrup, because if so, I don't want to eat it anymore.
Here are some links I found more information from:
http://www.ehow.com/about_5412157_high-high-fructose-corn-syrup.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_maltose_corn_syrup_unhealthy_for_human_consumption
http://alifelesssweet.blogspot.com/2008/07/high-maltose-corn-syrup.html
And, if you want copies of the recipes I made with my students this semester and talked about on the blog, go to my wiki, Cooking is Fun:
http://cooking-is-fun.wikispaces.com/