Overview

• President Trump said on Truth Social that he convinced Coca-Cola to switch from high-fructose corn syrup to real cane sugar in its U.S. beverages.
• A Coca-Cola spokesperson thanked the president for his enthusiasm but declined to confirm a timeline or scope for any sweetener change.
• The Corn Refiners Association warned that replacing high-fructose corn syrup would cost thousands of American food manufacturing jobs, depress farm income and boost imports of foreign sugar.
• Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued to criticize high-fructose corn syrup as “just a formula for making you obese and diabetic” under the Make America Healthy Again initiative.
• Coca-Cola has used high-fructose corn syrup since the mid-1980s, while its Mexican Coke brand retains a cult following for its cane sugar recipe.