Was New Coke part of a plan to wean Americans off sugar and onto High Fructose Corn Syrup?

Question

Old Coke had sugar... cane sugar, beet sugar... real sugar. But sugar became expensive, so the beverage companies wanted us to drink High Fructose Corn Syrup instead. Yeah, I know... it's just a sugar, too... but it tastes weird. So, maybe they came up with a plan, yeah... a clever plan to introduce a drink NO ONE WOULD LIKE! Yeah... and then after the outcry against this drink became so loud the beverage dudes would change it back! Now, they are the HEROES!

Except they switch the formula while we were drinking New Coke... the New Old Coke uses High Fructose Corn Syrup!

What do you think?

Should I be hiding from the Pop Cops?

Answer 1

high fructose corn syrup had been in old coke before the switch to new coke what i remember was how much the new formula tasted like pepsi.which is what i think coke was trying to do at the time- match pepsi's taste

Answer 2

yea i would think so.