President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola agreed to use real cane sugar in its US sodas at his suggestion, though the company did not confirm the change. A shift from high-fructose corn syrup would align US Coke with versions sold in Mexico and Australia. Diet Coke, sweetened with aspartame, would be unaffected.

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    1 day ago

    Little more nuanced than that.

    Cane sugar (sucrose) breaks down in soda into its constituents 50% glucose 50% fructose.

    Hfcs isn’t a 50/50 ratio it’s 45% glucose 55% fructose in soda. (42/58 ratio in other products)

    /pedantry

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      5 hours ago

      Watch the full video. The reaction doesn’t stop there. That 45 then breaks down again and again and again until there is none in a few weeks.

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        5 hours ago

        I did watch the whole video, and it seems like you’re confusing glucose with sucrose.

        High fructose corn syrup is a mixture of 45% glucose & 55% fructose.

        Sucrose (cane sugar) is a disaccharide composed of 1 fructose and 1 glucose, qnd breaks down into those in an acidic environment.

        Glucose and fructose are monosaccharides that don’t break down into other sugars.