Hawaii gave up commercial growing in 2016 and Puerto Rico only has enough for artisanal rum brands.

The majority is genetically engineered for herbicide tolerance and insect resistance. - USDA info.

When it was first invented, it was tested and tested and found to be safe. I agree.
But then the corn was modified and bred to be abled to be used for Ethynol and then rebred to be herbicide resistant and then rebred to be insect resistant.
The factory corn is no longer the same product that was tested and found safe.

I watch a lot of Asian shows. I have noticed in Thailand the shift to HFCS in the drinks and food. And they use a lot of sugar. The youth stayed skinny until just recently.

Just my stupid opinion.

Who is he trying to help? Besides him?

"The United States produces roughly one-third of the world's corn. Specifically, in 2023/2024, the US accounted for approximately 31.54% of global corn production. This is a significant portion, with the US being the world's largest corn producer. "

Well corn growers, enjoy what your vote got you.

for "MAHA".

It's the worm's body spread down below the neck!

SO Twisted, literally and figuratively

....who's ruined the Kennedy name.

He was probably moving around one of those "health chews" he likes to put in his mouth all the time. Such a kook.

Are not the people who consume it more important than the farmers. Plus the farmers have little choice but to grow GMO corn with Roundup?
Roundup is cancer causing so the farmers are screwed either way. Many have joined the cancer class action glyphosate lawsuits but Trump wants to pass laws that would stop lawsuits against pesticide companies.

the endocrine disrupter part is horrific. It's been sprayed on our food since the 80s. The nightmare effect on fish and wildlife is noticeable with the deer's cycle being messed up having fawns throughout the year, etc- Some babies not making it through the winter being too young to survive- passing the poison to offspring. Just imagine what it's ben doing to the human genome since then by consuming big ag processed foods. Big Ag, Pharma corporations are supposed to be people ? All these things know is 'gimme gimme grift' - no empathy, no heart, no soul.

It's always about the Benjamins with this charlatan.

the original formula."

He NEVER forgets what he views as a slight.

It might be a large T or something as the original mark of Cain's appearance is unknown...

I see what you did there!

"He won't be around all that long and next week he'll be off on a different diversionary tangent."

Answer: I don't think they have an intention of giving America a "diet" beverage. What's fattening in regular Coke is also present in Diet Coke, so why does he drink the product that tastes inferior?

P.S. Thanks for the free advertising where we can once again point out that Coke will forever be a SECRET FORMULA.

with cane sugar!

I do not understand why people like Pepsi.

It tastes like medicine.

but I think that Coke is "spicier" and "sharper" with a "kick" right at the first sip vs Pepsi, which is more "mild" and "smoother", with just a little "kick" at the end.

(of course that is the canned/bottled version - I expect the fountain versions may vary depending on how they set the syrup to carbonated water mix ratio)

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The carbonation is perfect.

Then a delicious sweet and wonderful iconic taste.

The same with fountain coke which is by far the best.
Then bottled coke in glass bottles.

The rest of it in cans and plastic bottles are not worth mentioning.

Pepsi, right a bland medicinal taste. No carbonation.

All of it makes me nauseous, even in really low doses, so I never developed a taste for it and wondered why anybody liked it. Thanks for helping me understand.

When I was pregnant and was nauseous for the entire 9 months my OB suggested I take small sips throughout the day and it did help a little. I still do that if I have the flu and can’t eat anything. When I was a child, parents used to give Coke syrup to kids to “settle their stomachs.” You could but it in a little bottle at the drug store. Do they still sell it, I wonder.

As it was, I was untouched by morning sickness until one day when my friend and I went to the North Shore and stopped off on the way back for luch of delicious ahi poke. My favorite kind, from my favorite spot. Big mistake 😳😂. After that treat, it was on.

Iʻm glad you found something that gave you some relief!

Aloha

Aloha to you too!

it's a syrupy mix that is heavy in one of the types of cinnamon (and there are many) that is spicy, with vanilla to soften it, along with a light blend of citrus (but not "citrus" enough to really compare to Sprite or lemon-lime soda, etc). There may even be ginger in it too.

Sounds like a description of a fine wine! LOL

I don't drink it much anymore - I drink mostly coffee, tea, or water (mostly the latter). I hate that I don't even drink fruit juice anymore (I always loved pineapple juice). When I was younger, it was my "cold caffeine".

Cinnamon, citrus and vanilla- yum!

Unrelated, but pineapple juice-wise, are you up on the research showing that 10 minutes of a brisk walk or lifting weights reduces blood sugar spikes? Pretty cool. Aloha BRDS

but I don't think they use that anymore since they have other stuff they can use to add that.

And yes - any type of aerobic exercise (where the strength training hits the muscles) will get the blood flowing and any metabolites processed faster. Mahalo!!

As you are losing the fiber from eating the actual fruit and consuming concentrated sugar and calories with just the juice. Really, drinking 100% fruit juice isn’t much different than drinking soda pop, except for the vitamin content.

I used to love pineapple juice and grapefruit juice many years ago,but boy it did a number on my stomach!
Had to quit.

It is not healthy.

I eat a healthy diet most of the time.
Cole is one indulgence.

I have to admit in not a fan of HFCS. I usually buy Mexican coke for my rum mixings.
Spend a little time in the Bahamas recently and was pleasantly surprised they you can’t get HFCS laced coke there, only coke with pure cane sugar - like the Goddess intended!

Otherwise, I prefer root beer.

Or just rum!

Don't get your hopes up about any possibility of Coke doing the right thing...

But still have the corn syrup cans too. Like it will some new promotion- so you will have a choice.

Mexican coke - always buy the bottles with the red caps as they are made with sugar & it’s listed on the bottles

Occasionally here in NM they have the green caps. Green cap bottles send you to their web page for ingredients- and green cap bottles have corn syrup.

Not some bozo on social media, taking credit for it.

I hope they sell it in glass bottles too.

You can buy it at most grocery stores here on the West Coast.

Probably a new campaign offering it in cans too so you have a choice

you NOT drink any soft drink of any kind, no matter how it is sweetened.

I know, it's almost like suggesting you drive a car with a stick shift.

I gave up soft drinks of all kinds some thirty years ago, because my son had gotten to the point where he would not drink anything else, not even water, so I got rid of all soft drinks. Which pissed me off at the time, because I didn't think I should also be giving them up, but realized I couldn't keep some in the house just for me. After a while I got used to no soft drinks, and I'm glad. I think there are probably a lot of subtle effects from soft drinks that we don't yet understand, sort of like it took far too long for everyone to understand how bad cigarettes are.

Imagine what that does to your system?

have a pH of 4 (acidic). Plain water is generally considered "neutral" (with a pH ~6/7 on a scale of 0 - 14)

Nails came out perfectly clean.

But I still drink coke.

Freed them up from some light rust perfectly.

He makes statements as though they're facts, only to be contradicted at a later time.

EXHIBIT ONE: Remember how TSF announced that Elton John was going to perform for his Inaugural in 2017? The whole ruse was to put EJ in a position where it would be embarrassing (in theory) for him to deny and "back out", thereby agitating the MAGA fans. And EJ would then have to perform (likely without being paid). But EJ did deny and deny vociferously. He wasn't going to be blackmailed. (Likely he spoke to Mick Jagger and The Stones about how to handle TSF.)

by drinking Zevia sodas exclusively. If you can't stand the aftertaste of stevia, you won't like them, but I'm used to it and this former Diet Coke addict hasn't had any other kind of soda since 2007 (other than a Mexican coke now and again). You can get them at most supermarkets, but Sprouts and Whole Foods carry a wider range of their delicious flavors. Cherry Cola, Orange, Cran-Raspberry, Strawberry Lemonade, Cream Soda, Vanilla Cola...yum!

If you like the taste of sugar cane then by all means buy the sugar cane product.

But health? No, the sugar cane product is no healthier than the equivalent HFCS product. You have been propagandized by by a vast political network that doesn't care one bit about your health.

It comes in glass bottles and there is even a Christmas edition.

Dr Pepper even has a real sugar product.

https://www.amazon.com/Mexican-Coke-Fiesta-Glass-Bottles/dp/B01CP6ROH8?th=1]

Not sure this will happen.

Coca-Cola tried a variation of this before with a product called Coca-Cola Life.
It has since been discontinued because of under-performance.

This was their ingredients.
carbonated water, cane sugar, caramel color, natural flavors, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate (to protect taste), caffeine, and stevia leaf extract (steviol glycosides processed from stevia leaf)

Notice more cane sugar than stevia.

It came in green cans; some critics said Coca-Cola was using "greenwashing"

Not sure why he cares.
He drinks Diet Coke, which is sweetened with aspartame.

For me, I avoid anything with aspartame.