Due to
sugar subsidies in the
United States, nearly all
soft drinks sold in the states are made with
high fructose corn syrup. However, if you go to a decent
burrito stand, you can buy
Coca Cola (in a glass bottle) imported from
Mexico. It's made with
real sugar.
And it tastes so much better. Like coke used to taste
One
conspiracy theory states that
New Coke (not to be confused with
Gnu Coke) was introduced as a diversion, so that the corporation could switch to the unsubsidized, and therefore less expensive
corn syrup.
Coca-Cola Classic is not the same as
Old Coke. Just to make it a good conspiracy theory, I'd like to point out that
ADM probably has much to gain by this situation.