The New Old Coke

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“Matters of taste aside, cane sugar may be marginally healthier for you than HFCS. Invented in the Fifties and Sixties in labs, it has been pushed by the USDA, which regulates its prices (as Matt Damon’s 2009 comedy The Informant! makes clear). But both are sugar, if slightly different, chemically. Behind the proposal to switch to HFCS lies a broader reality: domestic refined cane sugar production from states like Hawaii, Florida, and Louisiana falls short of U.S. consumption needs, while protectionist policies keep its price significantly above global market levels. For some reason, Donald Trump hasn’t been talking about reducing the sugar tariff!” (07/23/25)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/07/23/the-new-old-coke/