Agreed, in Western Europe nothing is sweetened with HFCS and there are plenty of obese people. The problem isn't that soda is sweetened with HFCS, it's that peo

Agreed, in Western Europe nothing is sweetened with HFCS and there are plenty of obese people. The problem isn't that soda is sweetened with HFCS, it's that people drink loads of soda and that it's deceptively calorific. I hate HFCS's bitter aftertaste and I'm amazed that nobody I've met in the USA seems to notice how awful it tastes. I can hardly bring myself to drink anything but diet soft drinks since I moved here.