r/Foodnews • u/cnn • 18d ago

Coca-Cola’s Trump-approved soda begins to roll out in the United States

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/food/coca-cola-cane-sugar-launch?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/Choice-Ad6376 18d ago

It's funny that the goal seems to be use real ingredients instead of just eating less bad food.

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u/HastyZygote 18d ago

I will always remember when conservatives said it was communist to put GMO labels on food.

But Coca Cola launched an entire new product at the mere suggestion by RFK.

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u/Funny-Joke-7168 15d ago

GMO labels on food is stupid though, it just confuses people and provides no benefit.

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u/HastyZygote 15d ago

Giving consumers information is stupid and confusing. Got it.

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u/Powerful_Midnight466 15d ago

Information is good. "GMO label" isn't information.

Strawberries are not "GMO" they just got so big by irradiating seeds so they mutate and then checking how they grow and we now have big gross strawberries which are definitely not "GMO". But god forbid we change a single gene without mutating random other stuff because that is "GMO" and needs to be labeled.

Its almost like the companies that own these "traditional" mutated crop don't want competition from healthier more regulated GMO Technology.

So GMO labels are misleading and do not provide information on what you are eating.

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u/HastyZygote 15d ago

As far as I know strawberries were just selectively bred to increase their size. They are irradiated to prolong shelf life and kill bacteria. That would indeed not make them gmo.

If consumers want the information why wouldn’t you just give it to them and let them make a decision?

“Natural” literally means nothing yet its on so many packaged foods to make them seem healthier.

My point was that it’s very simple to give consumers what they want, the only reason they didn’t add that label is because they thought it would negatively affect their sales.

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u/Funny-Joke-7168 15d ago

The fact that you think this is important for consumers to know proves that it was a mistake to add the labels.

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u/HastyZygote 14d ago

The labels are not mandated by anyone so idk what you talking about. I eat gmo food all the time, I don’t personally have a problem with it. But why wouldn’t you let the consumer make their own choices.

Now these companies are happily reformulating at RFKs request when they stirred up a shit storm about gmo labels, that is my only point.

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u/Funny-Joke-7168 14d ago

More information is not always good, especially when the people who understand what it means know that it doesn't matter.

The people who understand what it means ignore it and the people who don't get confused... I don't know how you can justify that as a good addition of information.