In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump said that Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in U.S. production of the popular soda.

In the U.S., Coca-Cola is typically sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, while the company uses cane sugar in its beverages sold in other countries such as Mexico and Australia.

The president posted, “I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so. I’d like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola. This will be a very good move by them — You’ll see. It’s just better!”

The company has not confirmed the move.

A Coca-Cola spokesperson told Newsweek in a statement, “We appreciate President Trump’s enthusiasm for our iconic Coca‑Cola brand. More details on new innovative offerings within our Coca‑Cola product range will be shared soon.

President Trump has a famous affinity for Diet Coke, which uses aspartame, a low-calorie artificial sweetener. He has reinstalled a button on the Oval Office desk that alerts White House staff when he wants a fresh can of Diet Coke.

Despite his well-known fondness for Diet Coke, Donald Trump’s relationship with the brand has had its bitter moments. In a string of 2012 tweets, he questioned whether diet soda might actually contribute to weight gain, eventually declaring, “The Coca Cola company is not happy with me — that’s okay, I’ll still keep drinking that garbage.”

Still, his loyalty to the beverage was evident years later—a bottle of Diet Coke sat beside him at the 2017 G20 summit. According to The New York Times, by 2018 he was reportedly consuming up to a dozen Diet Cokes a day.

Before his second-term inauguration, Trump was presented with a special Presidential Commemorative Inaugural Diet Coke bottle by Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincey.

Newsweek has reached out to the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services via email on Wednesday afternoon for comment.

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