Pepsi Executive Floats Switch to Sugar After Trump Coca-Cola Announcement

‘We’re following the consumer,’ CEO Ramon Laguarta said.
Pepsi Executive Floats Switch to Sugar After Trump Coca-Cola Announcement
Ramon Laguarta in an undated file photograph. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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PepsiCo’s top executive indicated on July 17 that the company may switch Pepsi’s sweetener from high-fructose corn syrup to sugar, one day after President Donald Trump said Coca-Cola would soon be making the change.

“Same journey that we have in foods, we’re following in beverages. This is a consumer-centric strategy. We’re following the consumer,” Ramon Laguarta, PepsiCo’s CEO, told investors on a call after being asked about Trump’s announcement.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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