Cash Strategist 8-13-2025

The Coca-Cola Co. recently became public enemy number one of U.S. corn farmers following headlines that the beverage maker would shift some of its production lines to use cane sugar as a sweetener as opposed to high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Since then, the company has clarified that it doesn't intend to completely go away from HFCS but that it would be adding additional product offerings to its existing lines that utilize the alternative sweetener. For example, Coke made with cane sugar is already available in Mexico and can also be purchased across the U.S. That said, amid the ongoing efforts by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to improve American diets, it is still...