Why is Donald Trump asking Coca-Cola to change its recipe?

US President Donald Trump announced that Coca-Cola has agreed to change its recipe by replacing corn syrup with cane sugar, though Coca-Cola has not confirmed this change and defended corn syrup’s role in obesity. The BBC’s Georgina Rannard explores the potential implications of such a shift on the beverage and its impact on the US market.

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Trump wants Coca-Cola to use sugar from sugarcane instead of corn syrup, but Coca-Cola says it hasn’t agreed to change anything yet.

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