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No, soft drink companies use HFCS instead of sugar due to the US government subsidizing US corn farmers, which then led to tariffs being placed on sugar due to an extensive lobbying program on behalf of those same US corn farmers. https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/07/the-secret-history-of-why-soda-companies-switched-from-sugar-to-high-fructose-corn-syrup/
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