Overview

• President Trump declared on Truth Social that he had convinced Coca-Cola to replace high-fructose corn syrup with real cane sugar in its U.S. beverages.
• A Coca-Cola spokesperson expressed appreciation for his enthusiasm and said only that more details on “new innovative offerings” would be shared soon.
• Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again initiative has targeted high-fructose corn syrup as a driver of obesity and diabetes.
• Corn Refiners Association CEO John Bode warned that a full switch to cane sugar could cost thousands of American manufacturing jobs, depress farm incomes and boost imports of foreign sugar.
• Nutrition experts and FDA analyses find no significant health difference between high-fructose corn syrup and cane sugar when consumed at equal calorie levels.