Trump says Coca-Cola agreed to use real cane sugar in US
"I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using real cane sugar in Coke in the US, and they have agreed to do so. I'd like to thank all those in authority at Coca-Cola," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
A spokesperson for Coca-Cola said the Atlanta-based company will share details on new offerings soon and it appreciates Trump's enthusiasm for its product.
Coca-Cola produced for the US market is typically sweetened with corn syrup,while the company uses cane sugar in some other countries.
The Trump administration's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative, named for the social movement aligned with health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jnr, has pushed food companies to alter their formulations to remove ingredients such as artificial dyes.
Kennedy has also been critical of the amount of sugar consumed in the American diet and said updated dietary guidelines released this summer will advise Americans to eat "whole food".
A May report by the MAHA commission, a panel convened by Trump and tasked with identifying the root causes of chronic disease, said substantial consumption of high-fructose corn syrup could play a role in childhood obesity and other conditions.
Medical experts recommend limiting added sugar in diets, but have not identified significant differences between cane sugar and high-fructose corn syrup.
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