Source: The American Prospect
by Emma Janssen
“President Donald Trump, a Diet Coke enthusiast, has channeled the might of the presidency into a major policy change that will improve the lives of millions of Americans. Just kidding. What he actually did was yell on his social media site, which led Coca-Cola to release a cane sugar–sweetened version of its signature soda, which is usually sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup. On Tuesday, Coca-Cola announced it would begin to sell cane sugar–sweetened Coke in America starting this fall, after Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed the company to do so. The cane sugar Coke, which has long been sold in Mexico, won’t replace normal Coke, but will just be a supplemental offering, and likely a pricier one. And it’s still, you know, soda, which decades of research has shown to be pretty bad for your health.” (07/24/25)
https://prospect.org/health/2025-07-24-cane-sugar-in-coke-will-not-save-us/