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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: How "coke" will back out...
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 00:38:28 EDT
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> The ones I looked at, the second ingredient on the old cans is:
> 
>      Sugar
> 
> and the second ingredient on the new cans is:
> 
>      High Fructose Corn Syrup and/or Sugar
> 
> or something close to it.  Now, maybe this should go to net.rumor or maybe
> even net.politics, but there is an interesting correlation between the
> sudden (and evidently unplanned for) change in formula, the sanctions we are
> putting on the Nicaraguans (note sugar is their second biggest export, after
> coffee), and the fact that the Contra's politial leader is the former manager
> of the Coca Cola plant in Managua...

Actually, it's just been that the price of Sugar in relation to corn
syrup has been going up for years now.