Why Coke Isn't Getting Rid of High-Fructose Corn Syrup

为什么可口可乐不放弃高果糖玉米糖浆

The Journal.

2025-08-01

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When President Donald Trump posted that he'd been in talks with Coca-Cola, and that the sodamaker would soon be making Coke with cane sugar, it sent the soda world into a fizz. WSJ's Laura Cooper explains why Coca-Cola and other sodamakers originally made the switch from sugar to high-fructose corn syrup and why it would be hard to go back. Annie Minoff hosts. Further Listening:- ‘It Came out of Nowhere’: The Rise of Dr Pepper - Can Pepsi Make a Comeback?- The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Our colleague Laura Cooper covers the beverage industry.

  • And earlier this week, she joined me in the studio for a taste test.

  • In front of you, you have two beverages, two cups,

  • actually wine glasses because we are a classy show at the Journal.

  • Both of them have Coke in them.

  • One of them is made... with cane sugar.

  • The other one with high fructose corn syrup.

  • Oh, it's like a wine tasting, but it's Coke.

  • Indeed.

  • Go ahead and let's start with this glass on the left.

  • All right.

  • This is definitely it.

  • 100%.

  • Oh, you're really confident that that's the high fructose corn syrup.

  • I'm very confident.

  • Tell me about the taste.

  • Well, it tastes like Coke.

  • It's got like some hints of vanilla in there.

  • The carbonation, there's a lot of carbonation.

  • A little spicy.