What Makes Soda so Sweet?

Ken McCracken • October 16, 2006

Republican Mark Kennedy’s campaign for U.S. Senate doesn’t let anything Amy Klobuchar says slip by.
Klobuchar, leading Kennedy in their battle for an open Senate seat, told an audience at a Moorhead debate last week that one thing she has learned during the campaign is “not to ask for a Diet Coke when visiting American Crystal Sugar in Moorhead.”

What does soda pop have to do with American Crystal? Nothing. For over 20 years, now, soda companies have been using high fructose corn syrup, not sucrose (American Crystal Sugar). Apparently, she should be representing Iowa, not sugar beet growers. In fact, corn producers are in direct competition with American Crystal.
Mark Kennedy’s campaign didn’t miss that one…

Kennedy’s spokeswoman shot back: “Amy Klobuchar’s latest gaffe proves once again that she has no clue about a very key segment of Minnesota’s economy. Large soft-drink manufacturers, specifically Coke, don’t use sugar. They use corn syrup, a direct competitor of sugar.”

Oops!
(Hat tip to Dakota Huseby)

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hellerious!
http://caseysoftware.com/blog Keith Casey

I caught their appearance on MTP yesterday morning.

The thing that got me was that despite acknowledging that the deficit is now smaller than was ever projected by anyone, her first impulse seemed to be to raise taxes.

Hasn’t the point been proven once again?

If you’re on the right side of the Laffer curve, lowering taxes increases revenue. Since revenue has gone up since the tax cuts, doesn’t it sound like we’re on the right side?
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The way I understand it the “new coke” was the first coke sweetened with Corn syrup. When they brought back Coke Classic they kept up with the corn syrup.

Corn syrup’s a cheaper product.

I see the big thing that Amy just made that up because it sounded good. It didn’t happen.
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Mexican law forbids bottling soda with corn syrup – so if you want real sugar Coke, go down to your local supermercado and look for Mexican-bottled Coke.

Kosher Coke is also made with sugar, not corn syrup.
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Brenarlo’s family are sugar beet farmers(owners of Crystal Sugar) so he’s the one to ask about that.
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go down to your local supermercado and look for Mexican-bottled Coke.

Not much bottled in Mexico around here.

Kosher Coke is also made with sugar, not corn syrup.

That’s interesting. What else is differet?
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meet another underdog; a great Republican
Troy_Pineri

I was wondering if sodas, and juices or whatever uses corn syrup, would have to go back to using sugar, if the competition for corn becomes to great for alternative fuels.
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Don’t get me wrong, I live in ND and I’ve already voted so I have no true interest in this. I think that the point is being missed.

And perhaps Klobuchar’s comments are being taken out of context a little. Diet Coke is still a coke product. And if Coke uses Corn Syrup which is a direct competitor of Sugar, it would make some sense that even a Diet Coke would be soda non-gratis at the Beet Sugar plant.
Also, Diet Coke is sweetened with Aspartame which I would also assume is a direct competitor of Sugar…
Seems to me that Klobuchar’s comments might have been inline and that Kennedy is trying to spin it a little.

Maybe I’m wrong? Anyone been to the sugar plant or know someone who works there?
Dave_Comet

Man, Klobuchar is never gonna recover from this!
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Commie-bastages! If I had the choice I’d buy the sugar product.
WOOFX

Coke made with sugar is available about one week a year.
You pretty much have to be in a large urban environment to
find it.
WOOFX

“Kosher for Passover” Coke

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