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The full-page ad in The Tribune by the Sugar Association Inc. was very interesting. The ad chastized Coke for using cheaper corn sweetener instead of sugar and not giving consumers ”the real thing.” However, the ad failed to mention that U.S. subsidies to the sugar farmers and import tariffs on sugar keep the price of domestic sugar far above the world market price.