In article >,
"l, not -l" > wrote:

> On 3-Jul-2010, notbob > wrote:

> > Gee, I guess the millions of gals of HFCS soda Coke produces is just
> > gathering dust in some warehouse and fat Mexican kids are actually a
> > rarity.

> Mexico being a fairly large country, with several Coke bottlers, I suppose
> it is a reach to say they only make Coke one way. However, several years
> ago all of them switched to sugar only.

That doesn't sound right to me. At some point, nobody used HFCS. It
hadn't been invented yet. It was used increasingly in the US between
1975 and 1985. Manufacturers in the US switched to HFCS for economic
reasons. The cause of the economics was all political:

1. We cut off all trade with Cuba
2. The US encouraged sugar production in the US by imposing high tariffs
3. The US subsidized corn production in the US, making HFCS cheaper here

In addition, HFCS is cheaper to use than sugar, since it comes in tank
cars and can be pumped.

> Perhaps some bottlers have switched
> back to HFCS; however, the Coke from Mexico at the international grocer in
> my neighborhood lists only sugar as a sweetener.

I can't imagine why Mexican companies would have ever switched to HFCS
in the first place, since sucrose is half the price there and corn is
not subsidized. Unless, of course, they used to buy their sweetened
syrup from the US.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA