Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Americans "deserve access to the same natural foods" as other countries.

Agricultural industry leaders fear a push away from corn syrup could disrupt production of the U.S.’s largest crop.

Late Tuesday, President Trump announced on social media that he had convinced Coca-Cola to agree to use "REAL Cane Sugar" in Coke, in lieu of the current, cheaper sweetener used in the US version of the drink: high-fructose corn syrup.

Coca-Cola refused to confirm the president’s claim that he got it to switch to cane sugar. And now it’s defending high-fructose corn syrup.