After President Trump announced that Coke will be made with cane sugar in the U.S., as it is in Mexico, foodies of Mexican heritage said in interviews that they weren’t excited.

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After President Trump announced that Coke will be made with cane sugar in the U.S., as it is in Mexico, foodies of Mexican heritage said in interviews that they weren’t excited.

© Isabelle Souriment/Hans Lucas, via Reuters

The company began using corn syrup in Coke in 1980, blending it with sugar to help defray the cost of rising sugar prices.

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