Coca-Cola agreed to modify its production in the United States to go to the good old cane sugar, abandoning corn syrup, US President Donald Trump, himself a great consumer of the most famous drinks on Wednesday.
While the agrifood giant uses conventional sucrose in Europe, American consumers swallow through the bubbles of corn syrup with high fructose (SGHF).
“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.
“We appreciate President Trump’s enthusiasm for our emblematic brand,” the American company reacted briefly on its site.
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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.
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.
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.
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