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Trump: Coca-Cola Agreed to Use Cane Sugar

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Jul 17, 2025

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President Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola has agreed to use "REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States."

The beverage giant has been under pressure to reduce sugar in its drinks.

The company currently uses high fructose corn syrup in the original soda recipe, according to its website.

Trump said he's been speaking with the Atlanta-based company about using cane sugar, which it does in its Mexican Coke.

"I'd like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola. This will be a very good move by them — You'll see. It's just better!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

It is not immediately clear whether Coke plans to change the original recipe or introduce a new product.

"We appreciate President Trump's enthusiasm for our iconic Coca-Cola brand," the company said in a statement to Axios. "More details on new innovative offerings within our Coca-Cola product range will be shared soon."

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey told investors in April that "we continue to make progress on sugar reduction in our beverages."

He noted that the company has "done this by changing recipes as well as by using our global marketing resources and distribution network to boost awareness of and interest in our ever-expanding portfolio."

President Trump is an avid Diet Coke drinker who famously had a "Diet Coke button" installed in the Oval Office to obtain the soda quickly.

Diet Coke does not have sugar.

Coca-Cola has been actively working to mitigate President Trump's imposition of tariffs on imported aluminum, which the company uses to make soda cans.

Quincey told investors in February that "if aluminum cans become more expensive, we can put more emphasis" on plastic bottles.

Brazil is the No. 1 producer of cane sugar in the world, according to the USDA.

Trump has said a new 50% U.S. tariff on Brazilian imports will start Aug. 1.

Sugarcane is also produced in Florida, Louisiana and Texas, the USDA said.

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