Sweetener Costs Up 'Moderately.'
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Numerous bottlers, sweetener analysts and executives tell BD prices for high-fructose corn sweetener (HFCS) rise this year, in words of one analyst, "moderately ... mid-single-digits."  BD estimates average increase of about +5% for both 42% and 55% HFCS.  Therefore, BD calculates average cost of $11.71 per dry hundredweight (cwt) for HFCS-42 and $12.60 for HFCS-55.  Online calculator.  Since actual bottler costs vary, BD again offers online HFCS cost calculator at:  www.Beverage-Digest.com/cgi-bin/hfcs.cgi.  Per-288-oz HFCS costs for major CSD brands, using average prices, in Green Sheet.