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[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 49 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

"ties into his admin's health push" it's still soda you buffoons

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago

I love that citations-needed-ass way of rephrasing "RFK's brainworm told him this is healthy"

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

(CW: Carnist joke)

spoilerI'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the crunch of these healthy beef-tallow-fried potato chips

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

The administration has now mandated smoking but banned filterless cigarettes

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Why the hell did they go with India as the example? Americans are way more likely to be familiar with Mexican coca-cola that’s made with sugar than Indian coca-cola. Hell, on the east coast we get Kosher for Passover coca-cola with cane sugar.

[–] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because the site’s FROM India lmfao

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Oh you’re right, my brain saw the style and mistook the FP for FB and thought it was a Forbes article.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah cause everyone loves India

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mexican coke mostly uses corn syrup now, right? Like the "Mexican coke" they sell in US grocery stores has cane sugar but the domestic Mexican stuff usually doesn't

[–] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

It must vary by region or store. The Mexican Coke at my local is all sugar.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Who the fuck decided that high fructose corn syrup was not KfP?

Or is it a product of a fermentation process that takes more than a few hours?

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

uses different type of sugar what are we, a bunch of asians?

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

As much as I dislike Trump, I wholly approve of him randomly fucking over corn farmers.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trump is the embodiment of eating a greasy ass meal high in salt and carbs and ordering a diet coke with it.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

I'll keep drinking that garbage

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 weeks ago

Brazil export half of the world sugar cane and you started a ego fight last week and now you want to make coke with real sugar? I'm having difficulties to trust the plan JDPON Don

[–] regul@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This has to crater the price of sweet corn, right?

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Bunch of corn magnates jumping into industrial combines as we speak

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

Mexico is the largest exporter of raw cane sugar

From Avocado Cartels to Cane Sugar Cartels

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This might actually turn out to be healthy - by increasing the cost of soda and reducing the amount people drink. Corn is subsidized to shit in a way that sugar aint.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Mexico has the highest rate of Coca-Cola (and soda overall) consumption in the world so it must not make an impact on affordability. And for those who think cane sugar is healthier- Mexico has a higher rate of diabetes than the US.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah the diabetes rates in the region of Chiapas and the neighboring region of Guatemala are so bad. And the people in the region are often chock full of Mayan ancestry if not literally calling themselves Maya and speaking their ancient dialects and barely speaking Spanish 500 years after Cortes. The aftershocks of the colonialism run deep.

[–] altphoto 6 points 2 weeks ago

Since the Nestlé and Coca cola companies monopolized the sources of clean drinkable water, the only source of drinkable water in Mexico is sometimes a soda...."Una sodita compa?

[–] hankthetankie@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

Might start on it again if they add the coke. The leaves are just not the same

[–] TommyBeans@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

Put the sugar back in Diet Coke while you’re at it

[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My question is always, why do people continue to drink this shit? The next time you have it in your mouth, take the time to actually taste it; it's syrupy nothingness. There is a reason all their commercials show people rapidly gulping it down.

[–] facow@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't matter I'll still keep drinking that garbage

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sometimes when you eat something spicy enough, it can make certain sodas taste really metallic.

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They really, really thought as hard as they could for a "dirty brown people country" to attach this too, didn't they? Couldn't of said that it'll be like the coke in Australia, or Europe, or much of the world, had to specifically invoke racist imagery about India here, because of course they did.

EDIT: Apparently this is an Indian newspaper, which makes a lot more sense for why they would mention India. Turns out I was the real racist all along or something. deeper-sadness

Trump finally doing a good thing? Crazy

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Make 👏 Soda 👏 Healthy 👏 Again