Trump says cane sugar switch in Coca-Cola is ‘better’: Why cane sugar is just as much a health risk as corn syrup

US President Donald Trump has said that Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its drinks sold in the US and that it would be “better.” Coca-Cola currently uses high fructose corn syrup in its American products, which Trump’s Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has flagged as having health impacts. However, is cane sugar any better?