Coca-Cola already produces its eponymous drink with cane sugar outside the U.S., most notably in Mexico, where it's sold in glass bottles. But in the U.S., the soda is made with high-fructose corn syrup, according to Coca-Cola's website.

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