Soft drinks goliath Coca Cola is being coy – and issuing confusing statements – after Donald Trump announced a sweetener would be removed from its drinks in the US in favour of sugar.

President Trump has a famous affinity for Diet Coke, which uses aspartame, a low-calorie artificial sweetener. He has reinstalled a button on the Oval Office desk that alerts White House staff when he wants a fresh can of Diet Coke.

Donald Trump has proposed a Coca-Cola recipe change which could have a devastating impact on the US, an expert has warned. Trump has claimed Coke could be switching up its long-loved recipe in America after the soft drink giant bosses had a conversation about the matter with the POTUS.

A possible move by Coca-Cola and other beverage and food industries, to use cane sugar instead of corn syrup as a sweetener would be difficult and expensive to implement, while mostly negative for farmers in the United States.

The US president wants Coca-Cola to go back to its original sugar cane recipe, leaving corn syrup producers with a bad taste

(HealthDay News) — A controversial ingredient will be removed from many of Coca-Cola’s citrus-flavored drinks, the company says. The move is in response to consumers’ concerns about ...