Coca-Cola’s decision to offer its flagship drink with cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup is as much about trade policy as it is about health policy.

President Donald Trump teased the announcement last week, but the Coca-Cola Co. confirmed it Tuesday: a cane sugar-sweetened version of the beverage maker’s trademark soda will be released in the U.S.

Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette Cargill operates a corn syrup plant along Otis Road SE near downtown Cedar Rapids.   Buy Photo ...

From media coverage, you'd think that high fructose corn syrup is a liquid death sentence. Meanwhile, no matter what is wrong ...

In April, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. cautioned that “Sugar is poison.” This month, he cheered ...

Call it old Coke vs. new Coke, version 2.0. At least that’s how some food and beverage experts are viewing what lies ahead ...

Eggo waffles are a convenient breakfast staple found in many American households. But while they may be quick to pop in the toaster, not all Eggo flavors are created equal. Some varieties are loaded ...