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CNN
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Is Coca-Cola with cane sugar healthier?
Is Coca-Cola with cane sugar healthier? Coca-Cola will launch a new soda in the US made with cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. CNN's Jacqueline Howard looks at the difference between the two sweeteners. 01:29 - Source: CNN Vertical Trending Now 16 videos Is Coca-Cola with cane sugar healthier? Coca-Cola will launch a new soda in the US made with cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. CNN's Jacqueline Howard looks at the difference between the two sweeteners. 01:29 - Source: CNN Stephen Colbert addresses 'The Late Show' cancellation 'Cancel culture has gone too far,' Stephen Colbert told the audience as he began his first post-cancellation episode of 'The Late Show.' The host went on to fire back at Trump's Truth Social post celebrating the announcement by CBS. The episode also featured cameos by late night talk show hosts including Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, John Oliver and Seth Meyers. 01:24 - Source: CNN Malcolm-Jamal Warner's impact on Black community Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role as Cliff Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show,' has died at age 54 in a drowning accident in Costa Rica where he was on vacation with family, according to authorities. Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department told CNN that Warner was swimming Sunday at Playa Grande de Cocles in Limon province when a current pulled him deeper into the ocean, where the Red Cross later declared him dead. CNN's Lisa Respers France reports. 00:59 - Source: CNN International visitors to US will pay new fee CNN's Richard Quest explains how the Trump administration enacted a bill that will require international visitors to pay a new 'visa integrity fee' of $250 dollars. The fee will apply to all visitors who are required to obtain nonimmigrant visas to enter the US. 01:36 - Source: CNN Pilot apologizes after making hard turn to avoid B-52 bomber A pilot flying a Delta Air Lines regional jet apologized to his passengers on Friday after making an 'aggressive maneuver' to avoid hitting a US Air Force B-52 bomber, audio shared on TikTok from the incident shows. SkyWest Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the close call. 01:08 - Source: CNN Comparing Scottie Scheffler to Tiger Woods Scottie Scheffler's win at the Open has drawn comparisons to the great Tiger Woods. CNN Sports' Patrick Snell has taken a look at some interesting stats that show Scheffler's on course for greatness. 00:38 - Source: CNN Coldplay's Chris Martin warns concertgoers Coldplay's lead singer, Chris Martin, could be heard warning the audience about cameras at a concert in Madison, Wisconsin. 00:50 - Source: CNN The voice behind the viral Jet2 holiday sound Zoë Lister, a voice actor hired for Jet2's travel ads, told CNN what it's like to watch and hear her voice become a viral sensation. The voice actor's now famous "nothing beats a Jet2 holiday" line has been used in more than a million TikTok videos to date. 01:50 - Source: CNN More than 400 guinea pigs rescued from Los Angeles home Southern California Guinea Pig Rescue said a resident in southern Los Angeles was facing eviction and needed help surrendering 'approximately 200 guinea pigs.' But when volunteers arrived, they discovered the home had more than double the amount of guinea pigs they anticipated. 01:17 - Source: CNN CEO resigns after viral video at Coldplay concert Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, seen in a viral 'kiss cam' video embracing an employee at a Coldplay concert, has resigned, the company says in a LinkedIn post. 00:40 - Source: CNN Remember Cher's plaid yellow blazer in Clueless? The Dolce & Gabbana skirt and blazer combo Alicia Silverstone wears at the beginning of 1995's "Clueless" was just one of the film's era-defining sartorial statements. 01:37 - Source: CNN Media mogul's 'one big fear' growing up made 'other fears disappear' Billionaire media mogul and IAC Chairman Barry Diller speaks to CNN's Christiane Amanpour about his new memoir, "Who Knew," and details how he had a "higher tolerance for risk" throughout his career. 02:13 - Source: CNN Meet the K-pop stars from North Korea Hyuk and Seok fled North Korea separately as teenagers. Now, after intense K-pop training, they are making their debut as members of the boy band 1VERSE. Speaking to CNN at a cafe in Seoul, they share their excitement and their dreams. 02:51 - Source: CNN Increase in pet adoption searches following 'Superman' movie According to data from the dog training app Woofz, Google searches for 'adopt a dog near me' increased 513% after the 'Superman' movie release. Krypto, the "Superdog" star in the film, was inspired by the director's rescue dog, Ozu. Warner Bros. Discovery, which is also CNN's parent company, partnered with Best Friends Animal Society for the film and covered adoption fees at select shelters ahead of its premiere. 01:15 - Source: CNN Singer and actress Connie Francis dies at 87 Connie Francis, a pop singer and actress whose hits such as 'Lipstick on Your Collar' and 'Who's Sorry Now' became a soundtrack for a generation of teens in the 1960s, has died, according to a post from her publicist and friend, Ron Roberts. 01:57 - Source: CNN Lightning bolt strikes near delivery man Video shows a lightning strike nearly hitting a delivery man in Wayne, New Jersey, as storms took place across the Mid-Atlantic. 00:36 - Source: CNN
The Independent
2 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
Coca-Cola announces plans to launch cane sugar line in the fall after Trump promised it would return
The Coca-Cola Company announced that it will bring back a cane sugar version of its iconic drink less than a week after Donald Trump declared that 'it's just better.' Just days after the president teased its return, the Atlanta-based beverage goliath announced that it plans to use U.S.-grown cane sugar alongside high-fructose corn syrup in its sodas. Coca-Cola made clear that the drink, which it says will be launched in the U.S. in the fall, will be an addition to its range rather than a full replacement of ingredients. 'As part of its ongoing innovation agenda, this fall in the United States, the company plans to launch an offering made with U.S. cane sugar to expand its Trademark Coca‑Cola product range,' the company said in its second-quarter earnings report. 'This addition is designed to complement the company's strong core portfolio and offer more choices across occasions and preferences.' Trump announced last week that he spoke to Coca-Cola about using 'REAL' cane sugar, harking back to the 1980s before the company largely switched to using high-fructose corn syrup. The president said that company executives 'agreed to do so.' 'I'd like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola,' he added. 'This will be a very good move by them — You'll see. It's just better!' While the soft drink giant didn't confirm the change at the time, the company said in a statement it appreciates Trump's 'enthusiasm for our iconic Coca‑Cola brand' and announced that more details on its product range would be 'shared soon.' The proposed push to bring back cane sugar seemed to align with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' agenda, including a shift away from high-fructose corn syrup. There is currently no strong evidence that high-fructose corn syrup is more harmful than cane sugar. When consumed in excess, both can negatively impact health. While today Coca-Cola in the U.S. is typically made with high-fructose corn syrup, the soda company uses cane sugar in other countries, such as Mexico. People often praise Mexican Coke for its more natural, authentic taste compared to the modern U.S. version. But in a blind taste test conducted by culinary scientist and food writer J. Kenji López‑Alt for Serious Eats, the majority of participants preferred the corn syrup–sweetened Coke over the cane sugar variety. Mexican Coke is widely available in U.S. grocery stores – from Walmart to Target – and in areas with large Hispanic communities. There is currently no indication that Mexican-produced beverages will be pulled from U.S. shelves. After Trump's announcement last week, U.S. corn growers had warned that a full shift 'doesn't make sense' and would cost thousands of American food manufacturing jobs. However, placing the onus on using U.S.-grown cane sugar would likely boost demand for producers in states like Louisiana and Florida, where sugarcane is a key crop.
Khaleej Times
2 days ago
- Business
- Khaleej Times
Coca-Cola plans US cane sugar alternative after Trump push
Coca-Cola on Tuesday said it would release a version of Coke in the United States made with US-grown real cane sugar, a move requested by President Donald Trump. "We're going to be bringing a Coke sweetened with US cane sugar into the market this fall, and I think that will be an enduring option for consumers," said CEO James Quincey on a call with analysts. The company currently uses high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) for many of its US products — a sweetener that has long drawn criticism from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his "Make America Healthy Again" agenda. Trump last week said that the company had agreed to use cane sugar in the United States version of Coke. "This will be a very good move by them — You'll see. It's just better!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. Coca-Cola at the time did not confirm the move even if it said it appreciated Trump's "enthusiasm" for its brand. In announcing the new option, Quincey insisted that the main Coke product would still be made with corn syrup, with the cane sugar version offered as an alternative. Mexican Coke — which is made with cane sugar — is often sold at a premium in US stores and prized for its more "natural" flavour. The US president did not explain what motivated his push for the change, which would not impact his well-known favorite beverage, Diet Coke. Since his return to the White House, Trump has reinstalled a special button in the Oval Office that summons a helping of the sugar-free carbonated drink. HFCS became popular in the 1970s, with its use skyrocketing thanks to government subsidies for corn growers and high import tariffs on cane sugar. Any shift away from corn is likely to draw backlash in the Corn Belt, a Midwestern region that has been a stronghold of support for Trump. Both HFCS and sucrose (cane sugar) are composed of fructose and glucose, but differ at the structural level. Those differences don't appear to significantly affect health outcomes, according to research. Trump's preferred Diet Coke is sweetened with aspartame — a compound classified as a "possible carcinogen" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
The Guardian
2 days ago
- Business
- The Guardian
Coca-Cola to launch Coke with cane sugar in the US after Trump post
Coca-Cola has laid out plans to launch a product made with US cane sugar this year, days after Donald Trump claimed the company had agreed to replace high-fructose corn syrup. The company announced the change in a quarterly earnings report released on Tuesday. On a conference call with investors, Coca-Cola's chairperson and CEO, James Quincey, said the company planned 'to expand our trademark … product range with US cane sugar to reflect consumer interest in differentiated experiences'. Quincey said the new offering would 'complement' Coca-Cola's core portfolio of drinks, suggesting it could arrive as an alternative, rather than a replacement, for its flagship Coke product. 'This is really an 'and' strategy and not an 'or' strategy,' Quincey said, according to the Wall Street Journal. 'We are going to continue to use a lot of the corn syrup that we do now.' The drink maker's Mexican Coke is made with cane sugar and already sold in the US – but often at nearly twice the price. Additionally, the US doesn't make enough cane sugar to satisfy demand in the country. Tuesday's announcement from Coca-Cola came as food and drink companies have rolled out plans to make changes amid 'Make America healthy again' (Maha) campaign of the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr. However, experts say that drinks made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup are not necessarily healthier. Eva Greenthal, senior policy scientist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit consumer advocacy group, previously told CNN: 'Excess consumption of sugar from any source harms health. To make the US food supply healthier, the Trump administration should focus on less sugar, not different sugar.' Coca-Cola had defended its use of corn syrup – a product some blame for soaring US obesity rates – after Trump claimed on 16 July he had convinced the brand to switch to using sugar cane in its US drinks. 'I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so. I'd like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola,' the president said in a social media post. 'This will be a very good move by them – You'll see. It's just better!' Coca-Cola said in a statement that 'high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) – which we use to sweeten some of our beverages – is actually just a sweetener made from corn. It's safe; it has about the same number of calories per serving as table sugar and is metabolized in a similar way by your body.' It added that the American Medical Association (AMA) 'has confirmed that HFCS is no more likely to contribute to obesity than table sugar or other full-calorie sweeteners'. And it said: 'Please be assured that Coca-Cola brand soft drinks do not contain any harmful substances.' In 2023, the AMA released a statement saying it recognized 'that at the present time, insufficient evidence exists to specifically restrict use of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) or other fructose-containing sweeteners in the food supply or to require the use of warning labels on products containing HFCS'. Initially, the drinks giant responded with a neutral statement of appreciation for 'president Trump's enthusiasm' for Coke, and a vague message about 'new innovative offerings within our Coca-Cola product range' to come. The soft drinks company released an additional statement making positive claims about high-fructose corn syrup. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Coca-Cola to launch new U.S. soda with cane sugar this fall
Coca-Cola said on Tuesday it plans to launch a beverage for the U.S. market that use cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. The announcement, which came as the company reported second-quarter earnings, follows a social media post by President Trump last week claiming that he had persuaded Coca-Cola to use real cane sugar in its U.S. cola. Mr. Trump, who is known to be a fan of Diet Coke, wrote in the July 16 post on Truth Social that he had been "speaking to Coca-Cola" about the suggestion and that "they have agreed to do so." Coke said the new product will use cane sugar produced in the U.S. and will expand its product range. "This addition is designed to complement the company's strong core portfolio and offer more choices across occasions and preferences," the company said in a statement Tuesday. Coca-Cola already makes soda with cane sugar in Mexico, where it's sold in glass bottles. Coke's U.S. cola formula uses high-fructose corn syrup, according to Coca-Cola's website. The Mexican version is typically pricier when it's imported and sold in the U.S. Cane sugar is nearly 100% sucrose, which consists of roughly 50% glucose and 50% fructose. By contrast, the most common form of high-fructose corn syrup contains 55% fructose and 45% glucose. Fructose is handled differently in the body than other sugars, and some experts warn that it contribute to a range of health issues. Coca-Cola on Tuesday reported that net revenue of $12.5 billion in the April to July period, up 1% from the year-ago period and in line Wall Street forecasts, according to analysts polled by FactSet. Net income for the quarter rose 58% to $3.8 billion. The company attributed its strong performance in part to its marketing, efforts including its "Share a Coke" campaign that features personalized bottles and cans. Detroit lawnmower gang still going strong after 15 years 91-year-old athlete advocates to Peloton on behalf of active seniors Etan Patz case reopened after conviction overturned 擷取數據時發生錯誤 登入存取你的投資組合 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤
