Kona Ice

About half the sugar Americans consume now derives from corn. After adjusting for inflation, a pound of sugar today costs one-fifth what it did one hundred years ago. Sugar has become so superabundant and so cheap that the average American consumes more than 100 pounds (45 kilograms) a year! Perversely, some people now pay extra money to buy foods made with less sugar. ~ Page 220 "The Story of Human Body"