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This just means more corn syrup. A lot of things are sweet, and way worse for you than sugar.
Why would a tax on sugary drinks not cover corn syrup, which is a sugar?
Is it though? Legally? My point is that the law has to be explicit about what is taxed. Manufacturers will figure out ways around it and we will just end up paying more for sugar to make our banana bread or whatever.
Yes, corn syrup is a sugar. It shows up as such, by law, in nutrition tables.
Sugar is a broad category referring to many different compounds. If it's a carbohydrate that is sweet and dissolves in water, it's a sugar.
Sugary drinks would include those sweetened by corn syrup (fructose) and from cane sugar (sucrose). They would be taxed no matter the source. Most fizzy sweet drinks have an excess of sugar no matter where it comes from.