Light Karo Syrup for hypos

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Shari and Max

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So, my foster cat is going back on insulin. I went to the store to restock my Karo syrup supply. I noticed that they are all Karo syrup with 0 g High Fructose Corn Syrup. According to it's website it did used to have high fructose syrup and was removed (doesn't say exactly when).

Does this affect it's ability to help with hypo incidents? Was it the High Fructose part that was so effective? Or does the "regular" ccorn syrup work just as well?

All the brands on the store were "0 g High fructose"

From the website;
Q. What is corn syrup?

A. Corn syrup is a mildly sweet, concentrated solution of dextrose and other sugars derived from corn starch. It is naturally sweet. Corn syrup contains between 15% to 20% dextrose (glucose) and a mixture of various other types of sugar.

Q. Is high fructose corn syrup the same as corn syrup?

A. No. high fructose corn syrup and corn syrup are distinctly different products. When Karo was introduced in 1902, it did not contain high fructose corn syrup. Sometime in the 1970's, it was added to the Karo light and pancake syrups. As a result of consumer requests, the high fructose corn syrup has now been removed and all Karo products are high fructose corn syrup free.
 
Regular corn syrup will work as well. You can also use honey and cake frosting tubes as well. I've only used the Karo with the red label.
 
Light refers to the color not that it doesn't contain High Fructose

It has the red label. I will guess if you check the one you have, it is also 0g High Fructose.

I don't see any regular corn syrups on the shelves around here - I've looked at a couple stores.
 
The Karo syrup you can find in the stores now will work just as well as the "old" ones that had the fructose. It's basically just a sugar solution. It may not has as much sugar as the fructose one but will still temporarily raise blood glucose levels.
 
Any sugary substance will work.


In addition to the suggestions Squeeme made, if you have maple syrup in your fridge - you can use that for emergencies. And if necessary, you can take table sugar and water and syringe that if necessary.

And of the cat varieties - any gravy foods will work. Fancy Feast makes a gravy lovers product that you can use in place of sugars. Just be sure to label it and keep it away from your daily foods, so you don't mistakenly give it.
 
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