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.

To produce one pound of HFCS, the industry uses around 2.5 pounds of corn, so a large shift in corn syrup use in the U.S. would hurt demand for the cereal, hurting corn growers, while probably boosting imports of cane sugar since there is not enough produced in the U.S. to satisfy American consumers' sweet tooth.

(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 ...