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Why Mexican Coke's sugar becomes glucose and fructose

Reactions · Explainer · 10 min · 2024 · YouTube title: Everyone is Wrong About Mexican Coke (Even @johnnyharris)
Why it's here

Linked in corn syrup and Coca-Cola threads to show that sugar type barely matters in soda because sucrose inverts into the same sugars.

What it covers

ACS Reactions investigates why Mexican Coke, supposedly cane sugar sweetened, tested as having glucose and fructose, explaining that sucrose breaks down in acidic soda.