Korrect. Isn't it you, Whatever, who says that, in the ABC game? it always makes me laugh.
It's right up there with the Great Grits/Haggis Conversation, definitely. Makes you want to run right out and have some of each.
The most famous corn syrup is Karo, light or dark, which you buy to make homemade candies. It's the form it takes during food/beverage manufacture that turns it bad bad bad.
Everyone knows that U.S. labeling is in descending order of ingredient amount. The most of something is listed first. Take a look, you'll be horrified. It's the number one or two ingredient in way too many common things, since the 1970s. In my view, quaintly, the first ingredient in ketchup ought to be tomatoes. And used to be. Now see what it is.
Just Say No.
I'm interested to know whether other countries do this horrible thing. Or other horrible things. To their processed foods/drinks. It's probably just US. Pun intended.