Trump Targets Corn Syrup in Coca-Cola: What It Means for Consumers and the Corn Industry
President Donald Trump has stirred controversy—and possibly shaken up the beverage and farming industries—by urging Coca-Cola to replace high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) with cane sugar in its U.S. products. In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that Coca-Cola agreed to reintroduce cane sugar in its American beverages, aligning them with versions sold overseas. While Coca-Cola has