The recipe had been kept under wraps for roughly years. However, the well-kept secret ingredients seemed to emerge in When the host of This American Life , Ira Glass, was searching through old newspapers for a different story he was working on, he noticed a column that was printed in that featured an image with recipes that were written by pharmacists.
I am going to read it to the world. Per The Guardian , the recipe features some items that aren't surprising, like a lot of sugar, vanilla, and caffeine. Their authors usually claim to have cracked the original recipe by getting hold of antique documents. So far, Coke has rejected all of them as fantasy, saying there is only one "'real thing'.
Mark Pendergrast's book includes two versions of the original formula. I think that both of the Coca-Cola formulas in my book are the 'real thing,' versions of the original formula for Coca-Cola," he says. Pendergrast reiterates a tale told in his book, in which he speaks to a Coca-Cola spokesperson who points out that even if its competitors got hold of the formula, they wouldn't be able to compete.
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The rediscovered recipe includes extract of coca leaves, caffeine, plenty of sugar it specifies 30 unidentified units thought to be pounds , lime juice, vanilla and caramel. Into that syrup, the all-important 7x flavourings are added: alcohol and six oils — orange, lemon, nutmeg, coriander, neroli and cinnamon. Coke's secret recipe is, in fact, part mythology. Contrary to the mystique surrounding it, the soda has in fact changed substantially over time.
Cocaine, a legal stimulant in Pemberton's day, was removed from the drink in after mounting public unease about the drug. Extract of coca leaves have still been used but only after the cocaine has been removed.
In , the company largely replaced sugar, squeezed from beet and cane, with the cheaper high-fructose corn sweetener that has become ubiquitous in American food and drink. Coke purists were not impressed.
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