The United States of America [USA]’s President Donald Trump wish and advice to Coca-Cola beverage company to change its recipe back to cane sugar-sucrose-has my tick for following reasons :
To start with ; corn syrup-fructose-together with glucose and galactose are monosaccharides carbohydrates that cannot be broken down into any simpler organic compounds. They are the basic building blocks of more complex carbohydrates hence possibility of causing obesity, if consumed in large amount. And obesity is predisposing factor of lifestyle conditions, for instance, blood-pressure and diabetes.
On flip side ; sucrose together with lactose and maltose are disaccharides sugars formed by the joining two monosaccharide units. And sucrose is the major form of carbohydrate transported in plants. It is found in abundance in sugar cane and sugar beet from where it is obtained commercially thus two categories of farmers will benefit. Though this will not be detrimental to corn farmers, for corn is major ingredient of livestock feeds which as result livestock farmers will benefit from cheaper feeds. In these matters, I cast my lot on Trump’s advocacy in sucrose recipe.