Coca-Cola agreed to modify its production in the United States to go “to the good old cane sugar”, abandoning the corn syrup, announced US President Donald Trump, himself a great consumer of the most famous carbonated drinks.
While Coca-Cola uses classic sucrose in Europe, American consumers swallow through bubbles of high fructose (SGHF) corn syrup.
“I discussed Coca-Cola with the use of real cane sugar in the coca in the United States and they accepted,” wrote Donald Trump on his Truth Social network. “I would like to thank all the managers of Coca-Cola. It will be a very good decision on their part-you will see. It is simply better!”, He rejoiced.
Donald Trump is him an inveterate drinker of Coca-Cola Light, watered down to aspartame, a compound considered “perhaps carcinogenic” by experts from the World Health Organization.
Affected corn producers
“We appreciate President Trump’s enthusiasm for our emblematic brand,” the American company reacted briefly on its site.
The SGHF spread to the United States in the 1970s thanks to government subsidies granted to corn producers and high customs duties on cane sugar.
Coca-Cola’s decision could affect corn producers from the “Corn Belt”, a midwest region, which however represents an important pool of Donald Trump voters.
No impact on health
SGHF and sucrose, more commonly called “table sugar”, are both composed of fructose and glucose. But their structure differs: the SGHF contains fructose and free glucose (not linked) in variable proportions while, in sucrose, these two sugars are chemically linked. The sugars are said to be “free” according to their sweet power.
However, these structural differences do not seem to have a significant impact on health. In 2022, clinical studies made it possible to see the lack of major difference between SGHF and sucrose in terms of weight gain or heart health. The only notable difference: an increase in a marker of inflammation in people consuming SGHF.
American consumers sometimes have access to the Mexican Coca-Cola, already produced with cane sugar, sold more expensive in certain stores because it is best deemed better in terms of flavor.
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