Earl R. Kooi
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Occupation | Biochemist |
Earl R. Kooi is a biochemist best known for being the first one to make high fructose corn syrup with his partner Richard O. Marshall in 1957. They first discovered how to use the glucose isomerase enzyme to convert glucose to fructose[1] while working at the Corn Products Company. They patented the process in 1960.[2]
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Further reading
Litchfield, Ruth (2008). High Fructose Corn Syrup—How sweet it is. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
External links
- Not only Sugar is Sweet, article in FDA Consumer published in 1991