Coca-Cola won’t change Diet Coke recipe

  • Diet Coke made of carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame
  • Coca-Cola is changing its trademark drink after Trump request
  • Unclear whether US drink will be different from 'Mexican Coke'
FILE - Cans of Sprite, Diet Coke and Coca-Cola are offered for sale at a grocery store on April 17, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

FILE – Cans of Sprite, Diet Coke and Coca-Cola are offered for sale at a grocery store on April 17, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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(NewsNation) — Though Coca-Cola has confirmed U.S. cane sugar will soon be part of its trademark beverage in America, that will not be the case for Diet Coke.

According to Coca-Cola’s website, Diet Coke contains carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate, natural flavors, citric acid and caffeine.

The company didn’t elaborate whether the revamped Coca-Cola drink would be different from “Mexican Coke,” which is made with cane sugar and is already sold in the U.S. at a premium.

President Donald Trump last week announced the company would opt to use sugar rather than the cheaper high-fructose corn syrup.

According to the Department of Agriculture, cane sugar is derived directly or indirectly from sugarcane, a tall perennial grass that grows in tropical and semitropical climates.

High-fructose corn syrup is a sweetener derived from corn starch that is broken down into glucose, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

NewsNation’s Anna Kutz contributed to this report.

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