i doubt they're gonna start putting cane sugar in us coke again. corn lobby would tear out trump's ass on live tv. they tolerate the mexican coke thing but i think fully switching back would be a bridge too far.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Convert corn overproduction to ethanol instead, simple as.

[–] casskaydee@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And upset the oil lobby?

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oil companies are somewhat famously having a few problems right now continuing to supply fuel, I think they'd be okay with it.

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

First I'm hearing of this

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Sugarcane makes better booze

[–] vanDerVaartBlackenedRanch@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

RED BULL GIVES YOU WINGS, BUT THAT CORN LIKKER WILL GIVE YOU FOUR WHEEL DRIVE

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i doubt they’re gonna start putting cane sugar in us coke again

last july trump did actually say coca-cola would be switching to real sugar; after initially declining to confirm anything coca-cola said they would make coke with real sugar available alongside HFCS coke... which apparently happened in october in "select U.S. markets":

Coca-Cola Company's Chief Financial Officer John Murphy said during an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, Oct. 21, that supply chain challenges are limiting the rollout.

"It’s going to be a measured roll-out,” Murphy told Bloomberg. “There is only a certain amount of cane sugar available in the United States.”

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Has anyone actually seen this in person? As far as I can tell they only released it in 6 packs of 8 oz glass bottles in a few cities for a couple of months, interspersed with the HFCS ones on the shelves.

I haven't found any confirmation that anyone has seen a single one since December, either.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What if there were to be a night of long scythes and all the corn was cut down?