"In select cities, Pepsi is rolling out Pepsi Natural, a premium cola made from natural sugar, caramel, kola nut and apple extract. Natural will be available in Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas and New York.

Pepsi also will release Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback, which will both use sugar and come in retro-look packaging. The Throwback products will be available across the United States for eight weeks starting April 20.

Coca-Cola and Pepsi both use cane sugar in Latin America but switched to high-fructose corn syrup in the United States in the 1980s. Government regulations in Latin America support the use of sugar while U.S. policy makes corn syrup more affordable here.

Coca-Cola has no plans to release special Cokes in the United States with sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup, said company spokesman Dan Schafer. The company does make a kosher Coke in the United States during Passover that uses sugar."