Coca-Cola's move comes a week after President Trump said he had been talking to the soft drink giant about using cane sugar rather than high-fructose corn syrup in its signature drink.

July 22 (UPI) -- Coca-Cola will make a new soda made with cane sugar in the United States, the company said on Tuesday.

Coca-Cola plans to expand its U.S. soda offerings with a version of its namesake cola sweetened with cane sugar. President Donald Trump had earlier announced that he had spoken with Coke about using "REAL Cane Sugar" in its drinks. Coke first started using high-fructose corn syrup to sweeten its namesake soda in the U.S. in the 1980s.

As Coca-Cola confirms plans to release the cane sugar alternative in the U.S., some nutritionists said there is little health benefit as a replacement for high-fructose corn syrup.