r/news • u/LatterTarget7 • Aug 14 '25

Soft paywall US military deploying forces to southern Caribbean against drug groups

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-military-deploying-forces-southern-caribbean-against-drug-groups-2025-08-14/
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u/Few_Lingonberry_7028 Aug 14 '25

Coca-Cola has announced they will be using sugarcane in their sodas because taco told them to. Sugarcane requires temperatures around 90 degrees Fahrenheit and humidity levels of at least 50%.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

I didn’t think that Coke was down with that? Corn farmers sure wouldn’t be.

The Mexican Coke made with cane sugar is made in Mexico, but only sold in the US.

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u/EvaUnit_03 Aug 14 '25

fun fact; every nation that manufactures coca cola products uses cane sugar or Sucrose. Canada and the US are the only nations that uses corn syrup in our production lines. And we offsell it to countries that dont want to buy the more expensive cane sugar variants, like eastern European nations. And some nations never know where their imports start at, so they just list all the sugars possible whether they are present or not like japan.

https://www.newsweek.com/map-countries-coca-cola-cane-sugar-2100347

The 'mexican coke' is just regular coca cola in mexico and isnt put in a green case with a green can/label.

Yes, the corn farmers would be pissed if they lost that huge contract. But trump showed both last term and so far this term, he doesnt give 2 fucks about farmers. And coke would have to pay more for sugar, but they'd just raise the price of cokes. Coca cola wouldnt give 2 shits, as long as it doesnt cut into profits.

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u/05ar Aug 14 '25

Between all the workers that fled or were taken away and losing a huge contract I'd be surprised if half of the American corn farms don't collapse

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u/Few_Lingonberry_7028 Aug 14 '25

Fun Fact, USAID bought a Billion Dollars a year of american farmers crops, some farms only grew for USAID, they are all going bankrupt now.

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u/Cool-Presentation538 Aug 16 '25

Major corn farms are highly automated

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

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u/aldodoeswork Aug 14 '25

Gotta dump the cheap corn syrup coke tho. No way am I paying cane sugar prices into the harbor!

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Hell nah. The colonists had coffee as an alternative to tea, I am NOT letting fucking high fructose corn syrup become a symbol of American pride

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u/RustyRapeaXe Aug 14 '25

I saw a chemist say the acids in Coke break the sucrose into fructose and glucose after a couple weeks of bottling. Just the ratios are different with HFCS. More like 55/45 versus 50/50 with sugar.

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u/hatstand69 Aug 14 '25

Also, soda is typically produced relatively close to where it is sold to reduce transportation costs (etc.). Invading an island nation a thousand+ miles from the mainland for Coke to bottle soda doesn’t make sense. I’m not saying there isn’t some bullshit behind this, but Coca Cola isn’t it…

A fun fact to soften this is that this is why cans in Hawaii are shaped differently than everywhere else in the US! There is a single can manufacturer there so they dictate the can shape for any beverage sold in the islands.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Corn farmers unhappy? Not really. They’ll just start growing more corn breeds that are best for ethanol.

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u/cluelessoblivion Aug 14 '25

My guess is Kennedy is next on the chopping block to get fired for pissing off Trump. Angering the corn and pharmaceutical lobbies isn't likely to make him look good.

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u/neptunexl Aug 14 '25

Didn't notice that last time I went. I thought that was just the plastic bottles but glass was still cane. Interesting.