You might want to look at <a href="http://www.survival-center.com/foodfaq/ff9-swee.htm">http://www.survival-center.com/foodfaq/ff9-swee.htm</a> and at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_botulinum">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_botulinum</a> as quoted, ???Honey, corn syrup, and other sweeteners may contain spores but the spores cannot grow in a highly concentrated sugar solution; however, when a sweetener is diluted in the low oxygen, low acid digestive system of an infant, the spores can grow and pro