P.H.A.T Detectives expose High Fructose Corn Syrup. Check out the video!! If you didn't know, sugar, including high fructose corn syrup, is a major player in the obesity game. Sugar based drinks, like soda and energy drinks, attract people young and old. In the United States, consumer foods and products are known to use high-fructose corn syrup as a sweetener. It has become extremely common to prepare processed foods and beverages this way. Especially in the U.S., where we put it in everything from breads, cereals, yogurts, and as pharmaceutical coating.