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Is Mexican Coke really better than the U.S. version? We put it to the test.
This week, President Donald Trump delivered an out-of-the-blue announcement: He had spoken with Coca-Cola executives, he said, and they had agreed to start making Coke in the United States with cane sugar, instead of with high-fructose corn syrup.
There was much to unpack in this declaration — for starters, whether Coca-Cola was actually on board with the move. (The company released a statement thanking the president for his 'enthusiasm' and promised unspecified 'new innovative offerings' in the future.) And, some skeptics wondered, was Trump just attempting to score a win on a popular matter to distract from a particularly tumultuous week, in which even his die-hard supporters are agitated over his handling of the case of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein?
