Coca-cola Dodges After Trump Says Soda Will Switch Back To Cane Sugar

President Donald Trump connected Wednesday said Coca-Cola successful nan U.S. will statesman to beryllium made pinch cane sugar, but nan institution did not explicitly opportunity that was nan lawsuit erstwhile asked later astir nan president’s claim.

In a Truth Social station Wednesday afternoon, Trump said he had been speaking to Coca-Cola astir utilizing cane sweetener successful nan sodas sold successful nan U.S., and that nan institution agreed to his idea.

"This will beryllium a very bully move by them — You'll see. It's conscionable better!" Trump wrote successful nan post.

But Coca-Cola did not perpetrate to nan alteration erstwhile asked later by NBC News astir Trump's societal media post.

"We admit President Trump's enthusiasm for our iconic Coca-Cola brand," a institution spokesperson said successful a statement. "More specifications connected caller innovative offerings wrong our Coca-Cola merchandise scope will beryllium shared soon."

It remains unclear whether Coca-Cola agreed to Trump's cane sweetener proposal, aliases if nan beloved soda will still beryllium made pinch maize syrup going forward.

The Trump administration's Make America Healthy Again initiative, named for nan societal activity aligned pinch Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has pushed nutrient companies to change their formulations to region ingredients for illustration artificial dyes.

Coca-Cola produced for nan U.S. marketplace is typically sweetened pinch maize syrup, while nan institution uses cane sweetener successful immoderate different countries, including Mexico and various European nations.

The institution successful 1984 announced it was going to “significantly increase” nan magnitude of maize syrup it was utilizing successful its U.S. products, nan New York Times reported astatine nan time.

Coca-Cola said it would usage maize syrup to sweeten bottled and canned Coke, arsenic good arsenic caffeine Coke, but near itself “flexibility” to usage different sweeteners for illustration sweetener aliases high-fructose maize syrup, nan Times reported.

Kennedy has been captious of nan magnitude of sweetener consumed successful nan American fare and has said that updated dietary guidelines released this summer will counsel Americans to eat "whole food."

Trump has been known to bask Coca-Cola products. The Wall Street Journal reported that a Diet Coke button, which allows nan president to bid nan soda connected demand, has joined him successful nan Oval Office for some of his terms.