yeah, i think it's only the u.s. that puts hfcs in soda. i used to drink the stuff just fine, but i hate the feeling you get when drinking it, like the stuff is sitting on your teeth.You're a connoisseur. My coke gets bottled in Mt Wellington, I was just up the road from the plant yesterday. The ingredients say it has cane sugar. Personally I prefer coke from fast food places where it isn't as sickly sweet.