| Submit your comments on this article | |
| Home Front: Politix | |
| Trump pushing Coke to use Cane Sugar | |
| 2025-07-18 | |
| [CNN] President Donald Trump announced what could be refreshing news to some Americans on Wednesday: thanks to him, Coke is changing its American recipe. "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," Trump said in a post to social media. "This will be a very good move by them — You’ll see. It’s just better!" A spokesperson for The Coca-Cola Company did not confirm the change, but told CNN in a statement, "We appreciate President Trump’s enthusiasm for our iconic Coca-Cola brand. More details on new innovative offerings within our Coca-Cola product range will be shared soon." ------------------
| |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #18 Skid with any luck it our beet farmers in western Minnesota will pick up the slack without any problem. As far as cane vs beet, pretty much identical. In fact we have been using beet sugar to top off our beehives going into winter for decades. Less solids and 4 times the amount of peroxide (in the sucrose honey) which greatly benefits the bee gut over the long winner. In fact far better for the overwintering hives that nectar honey. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2025-07-18 20:45 |
| #17 That...sounds amazing. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-07-18 20:18 |
| #16 Local Cantina has cane sugar Coke on draft,served in those old soda fountain glasses. Nothing better when it's °105 and carnitas tacos are on the way |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2025-07-18 17:25 |
| #15 cane and beet sugar production in the USA is highly regulated new rules on this came out just yesterday |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-07-18 15:38 |
| #14 The corn farmers can just switch to growing beetroot instead. No real revenue loss! |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-07-18 15:17 |
| #13 HEB grocery here in Texas has a line of real sugar soft drinks, and does quite well with them. Ain't bought a Coke product in years. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-07-18 11:09 |
| #12 High-fructose corn syrup vs. cane sugar in foods: The cost of switching ingredients Corn industry warns potential shift could wipe out $5.1B in farm revenue Maybe wipe out the middle-men |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-07-18 11:05 |
| #11 I'm with the above posters in that beet sugar is perfectly acceptable! Plus we grow a lot of beetrootsin the USA! |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-07-18 11:03 |
| #10 If he can buy Greenland, why not Cuba? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-07-18 10:54 |
| #9 Hawaii has a cane sugar industry As does Cuba |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-07-18 10:54 |
| #8 High fructose corn syrup is a processed food. It's poison. Too much sugar isn't good for you but hell, the human body is designed to digest it. HFCS? No. We banned the red dye made from petrochemical residue for the same reason. No amount of money for farmers is acceptable if we pay with our health. MAHA! |
| Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-07-18 10:48 |
| #7 Anecdote: local quick shop offers Mexican soft drinks - Coke Sprite Fanta etc. and even at twice the price they can't keep enough stock on hand. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-07-18 10:28 |
| #6 Yes, Colorado in particular. Hawaii has a cane sugar industry. And to be ahead of the leftists saying Trump was Jamaicans back on plantations!!11 the whole process, beet and cane, is modern mechanized. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-07-18 10:25 |
| #5 I believe that beet sugar and cane sugar are basically indistinguishable, beet sugar is the more dominant crop in our country, so you would more than likely be getting beet sugar in your coke. |
| Posted by: Ulusons Pelosi8045 2025-07-18 08:50 |
| #4 /\ Now, can we get the ethanol out of gasoline? F-150 purrs nicely on non-ethanol. Costs a bit more, but I'm willing to pay for better performance. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-07-18 08:50 |
| #3 Taking the corn sweetner out of Coke? Now, can we get the ethanol out of gasoline? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-07-18 08:43 |
| #2 ^A matter of habit. When I lived in US (well NM, but it's the same thing), it took me time to get used to cane sugar (and I never got used to adding sugar to meat dishes). |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-07-18 04:23 |
| #1 I'm not a Coca-Cola fan, but Mexican C-C is cane sugar and it is better |
| Posted by: Frank G 2025-07-18 01:08 |