Editing Coca-Cola (section)

===Sugar replaced with high-fructose corn syrup===
{{See also|1970s commodities boom}}
Sugar prices spiked in the 1970s because of [[Soviet]] demand/hoarding and possible futures contracts market manipulation. The Soviet Union was the largest producer of sugar at the time. In 1974 Coca-Cola switched over to [[high-fructose corn syrup]] because of the elevated prices.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.winton.com/longer-view/the-sweet-and-sour-history-of-sugar-prices | title=A History of Sugar Prices | access-date=September 2, 2022 | archive-date=September 1, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901083635/https://www.winton.com/longer-view/the-sweet-and-sour-history-of-sugar-prices | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/05/archives/sugar-futures-up-on-soviet-buying-purchases-on-world-market-said-to.html | title=Sugar Futures up on Soviet Buying | newspaper=The New York Times | date=January 5, 1972 | last1=Ennis | first1=Thomas W. | access-date=September 2, 2022 | archive-date=September 1, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901083638/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/05/archives/sugar-futures-up-on-soviet-buying-purchases-on-world-market-said-to.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Sugar Prices 1962-2022.webp|thumb|300px|center|Sugar prices 1962–2022]]