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BumRushDaShow

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6. Our cane growing areas in no way match the almost infinite acres of corn
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 02:27 PM
Jul 2025

just due to the subtropical nature of sugar cane (they grow it in Hawai'i too). And a lot of that corn is also used for both feed and biofuel (for ethanol to use to mix into gasolne).

There has been a push - even before brainworm host - to remove HFCS from products. And from what I saw from some articles, Coca Cola was apparently blindsided by the declaration and basically dodged any confirmation.

As it is, he drinks "Diet Coke" which has neither HFCS nor cane sugar but uses aspartame as the sweetener.

(ETA - the "sugar" thing might be coming from brainworm host and the "MAHA" thing)

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Sugar cane is grown in Louisiana, Florida and Texas, although the US also imports a lot of it Ocelot II Jul 2025 #1
Our cane growing areas in no way match the almost infinite acres of corn BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #6
awww...so sad. BTW, who did you vote for? ret5hd Jul 2025 #2
My husband and I are corn growers. murielm99 Jul 2025 #10
TACO never thinks things through. NCDem47 Jul 2025 #3
Oh well we can do it Jul 2025 #4
That's their plan. Autumn Jul 2025 #5
Can't wait until he puts the Cocaine back in Coke! ToxMarz Jul 2025 #7
in a follow up article titled: trump doesn't give a rats ass about anyone else but himself. nt Javaman Jul 2025 #8
Trump just doesn't want to get caught drinking MexiCoke, seeing he's trying to exterminate Mexicans. hadEnuf Jul 2025 #9
The down side, at least here in Colorado, is the Mexican Coke is generally $2 a bottle, occasionally less. generalbetrayus Jul 2025 #11
Yes, you can taste the difference. hadEnuf Jul 2025 #18
I just bought a bottle of Mex coke in NM for $3 today womanofthehills Jul 2025 #19
Has Coca-Cola confirmed they plan to do this? tanyev Jul 2025 #12
Apparently it seemed to have blindsided them BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #13
Figures. tanyev Jul 2025 #14
Pffffttt...another Trump diversion. Give it five more minutes and never mentioned again. Bengus81 Jul 2025 #15
Honestly, I support getting rid of High Fructose Corn Syrup cabotnn22 Jul 2025 #16
Everything Dump does and signs interrupts many livelihoods mdbl Jul 2025 #17
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