Beg your pardon? Corn syrup? Not corn oil? Is that a real thing?
...how does it taste? Is it sugary?

I am sure it's supposed to be high-fructose corn syrup, a common sweetener in US drinks. More traditional corn syrup also exists like the Karo brand corn syrup which is readily available at grocery stores. Their light corn syrup has a consistency like honey, though not really a flavor.

GreyOmega said:

I am sure it's supposed to be high-fructose corn syrup, a common sweetener in US drinks. More traditional corn syrup also exists like the Karo brand corn syrup which is readily available at grocery stores. Their light corn syrup has a consistency like honey, though not really a flavor.

Not just a sweetener for drinks, it's in basically everything. It's one of the many contributors to the obesity crisis.

FRien said:

Beg your pardon? Corn syrup? Not corn oil? Is that a real thing?
...how does it taste? Is it sugary?

Like sirop de glucose you can get at Aldi used in baking and confectionaries, but 'sickly'/cloyingly sweeter. (Because of the much higher fructose content.)

FRien said:

Beg your pardon? Corn syrup? Not corn oil? Is that a real thing?
...how does it taste? Is it sugary?

It is literally a cheap substitute for cane sugar. The full name is high fructose corn syrup. It has a bad texture especially when used in soda. Most people forget that America was a nation of farmers first and they are a very powerful lobby today that enjoy plenty of government benefits. However, the public is becoming increasingly aware of how bad it is.

One thing to note though for any carbonated sugary soft drinks is the difference between high fructose corn syrup and sugar sweetened drinks is the amount of fructose to glucose in the drink. A drink like coca-cola using high fructose corn syrup will have potentially a 60% fructose to 40% glucose mix. Mexican coca-cola using cane sugar will have a 50% fructose to 50% glucose mix. The presence of fructose for any of these drinks is unavoidable since regular sugar, sucrose, is composed of fructose and glucose. The acidic environment from carbonating the drink will rapidly break down the sucrose into its base components so by the time someone consumes the drink there will be no sucrose left in it.

magicballoon said:

It is literally a cheap substitute for cane sugar. The full name is high fructose corn syrup. It has a bad texture especially when used in soda. Most people forget that America was a nation of farmers first and they are a very powerful lobby today that enjoy plenty of government benefits. However, the public is becoming increasingly aware of how bad it is.

Funny you should mention that since it was just announced that Coca Cola US will switch back using Sugarcane instead of Corn Syrup for their soda after pressure from the US Government. Of course, Corn farmers and the Corn lobby are not please with the news since will cost them both jobs and money from this switch.

fsnfanboy said:

Funny you should mention that since it was just announced that Coca Cola US will switch back using Sugarcane instead of Corn Syrup for their soda after pressure from the US Government.

Has Coke actually announced it themselves now or is this Trump and Fox News which announced it while the company has been rather ambiguous on when or if they'll do it?