Corn Syrup - American recipe ingredient substitution please

MoaningMyrtle

Hi everyone,

I've found a recipe from an American recipe site, however it uses Corn Syrup, does anyone know if I could use Golden Syrup instead? or any other suggestions?


It is for caramel popcorn by the way, my children are on a pocorn fest at the moment so need inspriation for the half-term!!

Gingernutmeg

I don't think there's any real alternative to corn syrup available in the UK - it's a kind of thick, fairly flavourless syrup. I generally use golden syrup and it's fine, although it sometimes makes recipes quite sweet. I don't think that'll be a problem if you're making caramel popcorn though lol

villeroy1502

Hi,

When playing with recipes from the USA, I use Liquid glucose.

It has many of the same properties as corn syrup, unfortunatly golden syrup doesn't have these properties.

Corn syrup is available in the UK, but to be honest I'd just stick to Glucose.

For those of you who aren't in the catering trade, chemists usually stock it & I have seen it in some supermarkets as well.:j

Jolaaled

I come across corn syrup in lots of American recipes...
i'm not too sure what it is, and te$co sells it either.

Is there a UK substitute I can use instead?

thanks all

ChocClare

Jolaaled wrote: »

I come across corn syrup in lots of American recipes...
i'm not too sure what it is, and te$co sells it either.

Is there a UK substitute I can use instead?

thanks all

I don't think you can buy corn syrup here. They use it in a lot of American recipes and - fun fact - it's what they put in Stretch Armstrong toys to make them stretchy Allegedly.

Anyway, I have it on good authority that you can use golden syrup instead. HTH.

Jolaaled

ChocClare wrote: »

I don't think you can buy corn syrup here. They use it in a lot of American recipes and - fun fact - it's what they put in Stretch Armstrong toys to make them stretchy Allegedly.

Anyway, I have it on good authority that you can use golden syrup instead. HTH.

golden syrup!!...well that's more straightforward than I'd anticipated.
THANKS

lostinrates

You CAN buy corn syrup here....sometimes its in delis, I think I've seen it occasionally in Waitrose and you can buy it from Amercian food importers.. online...but,.....its got a bad reputation! Golden syrup does NOT taste the same but it should do the same job. (pale or ''white'' corn syrup tastes sweet but otherwise....less ''full'' than golden syrup, dark is more similar but sort of more dark brown sugar tasting but without the same ...depth.) Personally, bearing in mind the bad health reputation and high price for this in UK, I'd use golden syrup too.

ChocClare

lostinrates wrote: »

You CAN buy corn syrup here....sometimes its in delis, I think I've seen it occasionally in Waitrose and you can buy it from Amercian food importers.. online...but,.....its got a bad reputation! Golden syrup does NOT taste the same but it should do the same job. (pale or ''white'' corn syrup tastes sweet but otherwise....less ''full'' than golden syrup, dark is more similar but sort of more dark brown sugar tasting but without the same ...depth.) Personally, bearing in mind the bad health reputation and high price for this in UK, I'd use golden syrup too.

No, I know it doesn't taste the same, but I didn't think you could buy it here - should have known Waitrose would have it, they are so great

Out of interest, why does it have a bad reputation? Does it carry health risks or is it just more sugary than sugar???

lostinrates

ChocClare wrote: »

Out of interest, why does it have a bad reputation? Does it carry health risks or is it just more sugary than sugar???

I dunno. I do know its not the same as HIGH FRUCTOSE corn syrup with the terrible reputation though. I wonder if its just confusion between the two?

I grew up on corn syrup as mush as golden syrup.....neither are something I'd use daily, both are something I keep in my cupboards and use in moderation.

katholicos

ChocClare wrote: »

I don't think you can buy corn syrup here. They use it in a lot of American recipes and - fun fact - it's what they put in Stretch Armstrong toys to make them stretchy Allegedly.

Anyway, I have it on good authority that you can use golden syrup instead. HTH.

You are absolutely right about that. When my son was young we brought him a stretch armstrong toy....only his (my son's, not stretch armstrong's) half brother and cousin (wo were teens at the time) took it off my boy and decided to test stretch armstrongs super stretching power....they each grabbed an arm and pulled and pulled....shortly after they had stretched him almost from end to end of the living room, mr. armstrongs arm began to tear. Gloopy stuff came out of his arm. I wrote to the toy manufacturer asking what the goo was and was advised that it was 'harmless corn oil'.

Boys huh?

MrsBartolozzi

katholicos wrote: »

You are absolutely right about that. When my son was young we brought him a stretch armstrong toy....only his (my son's, not stretch armstrong's) half brother and cousin (wo were teens at the time) took it off my boy and decided to test stretch armstrongs super stretching power....they each grabbed an arm and pulled and pulled....shortly after they had stretched him almost from end to end of the living room, mr. armstrongs arm began to tear. Gloopy stuff came out of his arm. I wrote to the toy manufacturer asking what the goo was and was advised that it was 'harmless corn oil'.

Boys huh?

Yup we had one of these too, but it didn't survive a very hot day left in the car neither did the car seat :eek:. Did you know though, that you can just put a plaster over the "wound" and use it as normal again?