A decent short video on the topic; in short, this stuff isn't good for you.

What I know of it beyond the video is that they mask the name of it by calling it several different things. Learn your labels, learn your food.

The most ironic thing to me, is to buy food without excess chemicals added, you've got to read the label, and often times end up having to pay for the most expensive brand. The cheapest brands are almost guaranteed to always have corn syrup, and in high concentrations.

I really do think the pharmaceutical industry has a hand in this; they want people sick, so they can continually hand out 'band-aid' treatments for long term profits.