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Coca-Cola Worries About Artificial Sweetener Shortage

Last week, Coca-Cola disclosed in its annual report that its supply chain had been disrupted, due to the coronavirus. Many of the artificial sweeteners the company uses in its diet and zero-sugar drinks come from a supplier in China, and the spread of the virus has affected production as well as exports. Should the virus continue to spread, the sugar alternatives used by Coca-Cola could be in even shorter supply. Coca-Cola wrote in the report, “We have initiated contingency...