On November 5th, 2019, a man passes a shelf of Coca-Cola bottles and cans at a shopping mall in Lagos, Nigeria.
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coca cola The company announced on Tuesday.
Coke has been sweetening sodas with the US name using high-fructose corn syrup in the US since the 1980s, but other markets like Mexico still use sugar. “Mexican Cola” has gained popularity in the US over the past decade or so, as retailers prefer. Costco and target Following bodega and restaurant leads for Hispanic customers, we stock drinks.
In a news release that announced its second-quarter revenues on Tuesday, Coke said the new product offerings are “designed to complement the company’s strong core portfolio and offer more options beyond opportunities and preferences.”
The product announcement comes as President Donald Trump posted about true social on Wednesday, and he is talking to the company about using “real cane sugar” in US soda. Trump is a longtime fan of Diet Cola, using the artificial sweetener aspartame, with an oval-shaped office button that summons drinks.
Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has voicedly opposed the use of high fructose corn syrup, denounced obesity and chronic illness. Studies do not suggest that sugar cane sugar is a healthier option than high-flortose corn syrup.
Long-standing tariff allocations on sugar imported from other countries make the goods more expensive than corn syrup, made in the US and supported by government subsidies for corn farmers.
Before the announcement Tuesday, Cola had promoted the move to cut the sugar content in its portfolio. Customers like Switch. For example, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar is one of the company’s fastest growing drinks, with a volume growing at 9% last year.
rival PepsiCo Sugar cane sugar is added to the cola of the same name. On Monday, the company announced the upcoming launch of Pepsi Prebiotic Cola, which contains 3 grams of fiber and 5 grams of sugarcane sugar.
