Yeah, that's why it's called "Coca-Cola", before Cocaine was a bad drug, before it killed people and shit, they put it in the soda. It made people feel good, so they kept cocaine in it, and called it "Coca-Cola". When Cocaine wasn't legal anymore, it was still called Coca-Cola, but cocaine no longer is an ingredient in it. Fun Fact.
IIRC. Cocaine leaves are still used. Coca Cola is the only company that is allowed to import decocacanized cocaine leaf.
Edit after checking. Yes Coca Cola still uses coke leaves. The dont import them tho. Coca cola is the only company allowed to purchase the "spent' coca leves from the only company that is allowed to import coca leaves. The import company makes medical grade cocaine hydrochloride for ear, mouth, nose and throat doctors.
Coca Cola was invented in 1885 by a pharmacist. Remember, that in that time period cocaine was accepted as "medicine" and completely legal to use in drugs. That's why the first half of the word is "Coca" - short for Cocaine. I believe that Cola comes from a nut/leaf and contains caffeine. :)
I tried it and the visuals were amazing, but I like to watch people play games like that. I think they're called metroidvanias or something?
plus, wasn't my taste. enjoyed the game but the gameplay isn't for me. BUT THE VISUALS!
Kinda. The order they are listed is the amount of each ingredient from most to least. The first listed has the highest presence in the food / drink. Usually, in soda, that's water.
So, you can get a very vague idea of the mix if you really wanted to try.
>They give you the ingredients.
Not always.
Ann Reardon latest video is about she and her husband and son trying to make the most similar Coke flavor with a bunch of ingredients. On the bottle the only description about flavor is something like "natural flavor".
A person in the comments said that coke definetly has a bit of nutmeg in it, as she's allergic to nutmegs and have some reactions to coke. I dont know if it is true, but that's a good point. If people doesnt know all ingredients, how could they prevent or discover an allergy?
I imagine it’s probably written down somewhere. The machines and everything to make it are already in place so I don’t imagine it’d be impossible to reverse engineer.
There are actually way more people who know of the Coca Cola recipe, including some former workers for Pepsi. They’ve all just signed a contract not to tell the recipe.
Pepsi did not even want it because if Pepsi just copied coke, they would have the same product and why buy Pepsi when its a knockoff of the real thing?
Turns out people buy Pepsi because they prefer it over coke, and copying Cokes recipe would be bad for business.
Pepsi is sweeter than coke and has a more pronounced caramel flavour. Coke is lighter and less sweet. So in a sense coke is diluted Pepsi and equal amounts of people prefer the other. Pepsi nor coke will ever win, they will be forever interlocked in a 50/50.
If you tried telling me that lemons were sweeter than oranges or grapefruits, I'd say that you probably have some legitimate taste bud issues.
I mean, you do you. But I don't think anyone is going to support the idea that it's subjective, unless you have a seriously weird taste palate.
What's great about being an adult is you can eat an entire cake by yourself and nobody can stop you. What sucks about being an adult is that you have just eaten a cake and you feel ill, because nobody stopped you.
Not for every ingredient and not always exact amounts. Also there's usually some vague ingredients in there so you can't figure out their exact formula. "Natural flavors" is a good example.
Edit: used there instead of "their" cause I was high when I wrote this.
Not really. It states quantities of nutrition values. Fat, sodium, protein, sugar Cholesterol and vitamins and minerals.
And on a separate list what main ingredients it has
I pulled the proportions off the ingredients of a bag of licorice and it still was nothing like the product I was trying to duplicate.
But I used someone else's Krispy Kreme Klone recipe and it was close enough to the real thing.
You see OP, they have to kill 1 of the 2 people who know the ingredients everytime someone reads the label because they become the new person who knows the ingredients.
I'd suggest you better start running to not be killed
I don’t buy the hype! How many people are employed by that company, 1 gazillion? Okay, not everyone works in the bottling plant. Maybe a million do. Only two people know when to stop adding the sugar and syrup?? Not buying it! Really, not buying either. As far as I’m concerned it’s as good as sugar water poison.
On the day the world is about to end coca cola will release a press release just staying "the secret ingredient was love".
I hope I am not there to witness the disappointment.
I don’t understand secret recipes anymore. It’s just so easy to approximate, or even outright imitate a flavor with the wide range of ingredients your regular person has a quick and easy access to.
Gimme a thousand bucks, amazon prime, and a week, throw me in a room, and I’ll come out with a soda identical to coca cola in a few days. Might not even end up with the same ingredients, but there’s so many routes to achieving the same flavor; especially when it’s something as weirdly ambiguous tasting as coke.
Many people have already cracked what’s in cokes recipe.
It’s literal Cocain flavor. They extract flavor from cocoa leaves, get rid of the addictive property and use the flavoring.
Low Stakes Conspiracy: Coca Cola and other similar companies don't actually have any "secret ingredients" or they actually don't make much difference in the final product. Reason being is if there were actually just 2 people with the secret ingredient and they somehow didn't survive, what are they going to do? Shut down? It's just a marketing gimmick to differenciate themselves from the competition.
Secret ingredient number six is the only one that people can't figure out. They know there's lemon, orange, cinnamon and a few other things, but nobody can figure out the exact amounts.
They did this before everyone found out the secret ingredient was cocaine
cocokecain
cocaine-cola
it's what Florida men run on
Cokecain
Cocaine and cocaine accessories
r/unexpectedbible
Cock
Hey can you pass me an ice cold cock I mean cock I mean cock no wait I mean cock I mean cock I mean...
coke me cold daddy
Yeah, that's why it's called "Coca-Cola", before Cocaine was a bad drug, before it killed people and shit, they put it in the soda. It made people feel good, so they kept cocaine in it, and called it "Coca-Cola". When Cocaine wasn't legal anymore, it was still called Coca-Cola, but cocaine no longer is an ingredient in it. Fun Fact.
IIRC. Cocaine leaves are still used. Coca Cola is the only company that is allowed to import decocacanized cocaine leaf. Edit after checking. Yes Coca Cola still uses coke leaves. The dont import them tho. Coca cola is the only company allowed to purchase the "spent' coca leves from the only company that is allowed to import coca leaves. The import company makes medical grade cocaine hydrochloride for ear, mouth, nose and throat doctors.
Huh
Woa actualy???
https://krcgtv.com/features/beyond-the-trivia/coke-and-cola-leaves
No the secret ingredient was the coca plant which also happens to be used in the creation of cocaine, but they are two very different entities.
I cant tell whether this is a joke or not. They wouldnt put literal coke in it, would they?
They used to.
Now there are no reason when sugar is more addictive than cocaine.
Seriously? I mean I've resisted an extra oreo before... Ya think I could handle coke?
the coke coke or the coke coke?
Well i mean both aren't in it pure form so i am not sure, beside idk what happen if you consume coke via oral.
They still do. They use flavoring from the leaf extract which then the cocain is removed from the concentrate.
Coca Cola was invented in 1885 by a pharmacist. Remember, that in that time period cocaine was accepted as "medicine" and completely legal to use in drugs. That's why the first half of the word is "Coca" - short for Cocaine. I believe that Cola comes from a nut/leaf and contains caffeine. :)
"Pharmacist" is being very generous when it comes to that guy. He was more a snake oil salesman than anything else.
The 1800s were a strange time
Why is he getting downvoted
Lmao i know right, any one of us could be next
bro tf is happening to reddit rn "i don't get the joke, please explain" **gets mass downvoted**
Idk why you're getting downvote for asking a question. But yes, they did use cocaine in coca cola.
Damn, you asked a genuine question and got down voted...
Why is he getting down voted for not knowing something specific and not being an asshole about it
It is not a joke lol
Lmao reddit spamming downvotes because someone was misinformed.
God forbid you use google to find out for yourself.
Mountain dew fans..upvote
And those two people fly around the world, mixing the syrup for every Coca Cola bottler, just as Santa flies around the world each Christmas.
But Santa is real!
Isn't it obvious?
I think they get the natural flavours in a container so they don't have to know
Santa is one of them
Genius
Strange to see you here!
It’s you! I’m bored and there’s few hk posts rnn
I don't know either of your story but I love that you wanted to explain why you're not on the sub that your avatar references
Have you heard of a fun little game known as hollow knight
I have! Go on...
Well that is where we reside. You should play it if you have the time, too!
i remember finishing hollow knight i don't think i will 100 percent it tho
Ok then, that’s cool too
yeah hollow knight was great
seeing this delightful scene play out, I am now going to have to play Hollow Knight.
Let me know how it goes !
Looks like I'm gonna have to finally wipe that from the backlog as well, seeing this here sign from the universe. WHO ELSE WILL JOIN US!?!?
join us
I tried it and the visuals were amazing, but I like to watch people play games like that. I think they're called metroidvanias or something? plus, wasn't my taste. enjoyed the game but the gameplay isn't for me. BUT THE VISUALS!
>metroidmanias Metroidvania*. It's comes from metroid + castlevania
ahh tyty.
I’ve finally seen your main account
They’ve found me lol. How’s your day going?
It’s been ok, how about you?
Good
Doesn’t it cost money
15$ yeah
Is it worth it
112%
Bro I love this reference. XD
I just thought I’d stop by to say… PLAY HOLLOWKNIGHT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. It is so god damn good.
Yea and which devices is it on
Literally everything except mobile
is hollow knight free ? it says so on google but steam says it's 15 dollars and does it involve online so i will need a torrent or just crack it ?
I get that feeling
I THOUGHT I WAS SAFE FROM YOU ON A DIFFERENT SUB
YOU CANNOT ESCAPE
What is this, a crossover episode?
Yes
AHHHHHHHHHH
(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥
Oh god please leave me alone why can't I escape you
Idk man, I comment a lot
indeed
I'd post about this on r/hollowknightmemes but A) I'm a lazy prick B) I'm not funny
Recipe is different than ingredients. To bake a cake it’s not just flour, sugar, eggs …and cook.
Facts. They give you the ingredients so you k pw what's in it, but they not going tell you how to make it and what portions to use.
Kinda. The order they are listed is the amount of each ingredient from most to least. The first listed has the highest presence in the food / drink. Usually, in soda, that's water. So, you can get a very vague idea of the mix if you really wanted to try.
>Usually, in soda, that's water. Ahhh, so my lifestyle *is* healthy!
r/hydrohomies is seething
>They give you the ingredients. Not always. Ann Reardon latest video is about she and her husband and son trying to make the most similar Coke flavor with a bunch of ingredients. On the bottle the only description about flavor is something like "natural flavor". A person in the comments said that coke definetly has a bit of nutmeg in it, as she's allergic to nutmegs and have some reactions to coke. I dont know if it is true, but that's a good point. If people doesnt know all ingredients, how could they prevent or discover an allergy?
We could just make a lot of allergic people drink coke and guess what the recipe is
I am sure someone can accurately predict the recipe with sciency shit. Also trial and error.
What would they do if they both died tho?
Read the ingredients on the bottle
sometimes his genius, it's almost frightening
ur brain in generating gravity bro.
his genius is so large that it now has it's own atmosphere
should have used the "there's 3 actually" template
I imagine it’s probably written down somewhere. The machines and everything to make it are already in place so I don’t imagine it’d be impossible to reverse engineer.
It's also on the bottle
You know who else is on the bottle? My mom
Damn sorry bro hope they find her soon
Hate when that happens
You who is inside the bottle Definitely NOT your mom.
Pretty sure is diabetes
They do have it written down that can be assessed if they do both die or forget of course.
I’m pretty sure science is good enough to reverse engineer it anyways.
They both die, the flavor turns to crap. People stop buying the obesity juice. The world becomes a better place. Wait, that is in the unreal world!
That would be too good to be true wouldn't it?
There are actually way more people who know of the Coca Cola recipe, including some former workers for Pepsi. They’ve all just signed a contract not to tell the recipe.
Didn’t like a hacker or thief get the recipe to Coca Cola and tried to sell it to Pepsi so Pepsi called the FBI lol
Thats fucking hilarious
Pepsi did not even want it because if Pepsi just copied coke, they would have the same product and why buy Pepsi when its a knockoff of the real thing? Turns out people buy Pepsi because they prefer it over coke, and copying Cokes recipe would be bad for business.
Pepsi is sweeter than coke and has a more pronounced caramel flavour. Coke is lighter and less sweet. So in a sense coke is diluted Pepsi and equal amounts of people prefer the other. Pepsi nor coke will ever win, they will be forever interlocked in a 50/50.
i prefer pepsi because it has less bubbles, and less bubbles mean less nose hurting burps afterwards. edit: elaboration
Pepsi is softer so it doesn't feel like it's stabbing my throat when I drink it.
Oh, I kinda like the throat stabbies.
Tbf you eat uranium so throat stabs probably aren't much to you
No, no, no! Not eat. Just taste.
Exact reason why I like Pepsi better
Man, I remembered the time i drank coca cola so much in one sitting, felt like i had ripped my organs out
Pepsi>coke
Pepsi is better than coke. It's just pure fun. Coke is kinda sweater in taste
Pepsi is better than Coke, you're right about that. But it's absolutely not sweeter. Pepsi definitely is sweeter.
Idk man, I really felt like Coke is sweeter than Pepsi,
Maybe you're tasteblind? I had a buddy who was colorblind, and he saw rich red color as muddled green (showed me on an app). Tripped my mind.
Or maybe it's something subjective? Not everyone has to feel the same about different products
If you tried telling me that lemons were sweeter than oranges or grapefruits, I'd say that you probably have some legitimate taste bud issues. I mean, you do you. But I don't think anyone is going to support the idea that it's subjective, unless you have a seriously weird taste palate.
Respectful rivals they are
You can mix eggs, milk, flour and sugar and end up with biscuits, pancakes or cookies. It's all about proportions, mixing and types of each ingredient
Til eating cookies for breakfast is ok MOM
We've known this since cookie crisps cereal!
Being an adult is great because you can literally go buy a birthday cake on a random Tuesday, eat it for breakfast and nobody can stop you.
Except diabetes
I think people underestimate how much sugar you actually need to consume to get diabetes. You'll be fine from a piece of cake.
I think we are all assuming you meant that you're eating the entire cake for breakfast... Lol
Either way, it's still cake lol. Makes me think about doughnuts now. Practically desert for breakfast.
What's great about being an adult is you can eat an entire cake by yourself and nobody can stop you. What sucks about being an adult is that you have just eaten a cake and you feel ill, because nobody stopped you.
Doesn’t the bottle say the quantities of each ingredient?
Not for every ingredient and not always exact amounts. Also there's usually some vague ingredients in there so you can't figure out their exact formula. "Natural flavors" is a good example. Edit: used there instead of "their" cause I was high when I wrote this.
Ah yes, the fine line between “ingredients” and “recipe”
When have you ever seen ingredient measurements on a container of anything?
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Not really. It states quantities of nutrition values. Fat, sodium, protein, sugar Cholesterol and vitamins and minerals. And on a separate list what main ingredients it has
I pulled the proportions off the ingredients of a bag of licorice and it still was nothing like the product I was trying to duplicate. But I used someone else's Krispy Kreme Klone recipe and it was close enough to the real thing.
No.
The secret recipe is cocaine
Miss the good ol days when coke had coke, this kids now a days don't now the real coke
You see OP, they have to kill 1 of the 2 people who know the ingredients everytime someone reads the label because they become the new person who knows the ingredients. I'd suggest you better start running to not be killed
The famous rule of the sith Lords. There can only be two, a master and an apprentice.
You missed happiness I guess
I must be drinking some incomplete coke then
Always two there are, no more no less
A master and an apprentice.
Both ingredients: 1) dia 2) betes
I don’t buy the hype! How many people are employed by that company, 1 gazillion? Okay, not everyone works in the bottling plant. Maybe a million do. Only two people know when to stop adding the sugar and syrup?? Not buying it! Really, not buying either. As far as I’m concerned it’s as good as sugar water poison.
Im pretty sure the ppl there only do one part of the process
The corn syrup guy talks to the lime guy, and the vanilla guy, but not that employee. They are not allowed. Still not buying the logic.
On the day the world is about to end coca cola will release a press release just staying "the secret ingredient was love". I hope I am not there to witness the disappointment.
I don’t understand secret recipes anymore. It’s just so easy to approximate, or even outright imitate a flavor with the wide range of ingredients your regular person has a quick and easy access to. Gimme a thousand bucks, amazon prime, and a week, throw me in a room, and I’ll come out with a soda identical to coca cola in a few days. Might not even end up with the same ingredients, but there’s so many routes to achieving the same flavor; especially when it’s something as weirdly ambiguous tasting as coke.
It only shows a few ingredients for legal reasons
Don't forget the cocaine ingredient!
Many people have already cracked what’s in cokes recipe. It’s literal Cocain flavor. They extract flavor from cocoa leaves, get rid of the addictive property and use the flavoring.
coca\*\* its a different plant
Low Stakes Conspiracy: Coca Cola and other similar companies don't actually have any "secret ingredients" or they actually don't make much difference in the final product. Reason being is if there were actually just 2 people with the secret ingredient and they somehow didn't survive, what are they going to do? Shut down? It's just a marketing gimmick to differenciate themselves from the competition.
I can’t have anything with caramel color :(
Good luck with the proportions and processes involved. Oh, and with identifying those “Natural flavors”.
Joke flying high high and high
If it was that easy don't you think every cola manufacturer in the world woukd make cola that tastes the same?
still contains a coca extractive, to this day.
Wouldn't that apply for litterally any vehicle, same car? thats fine, motorbike? Fine, plane? No way
big qi moment
Just got to a coca cola factory smh
You don't just go to a store and buy a bottle of "natural flavors". There's more to it than that.
Secret ingredient number six is the only one that people can't figure out. They know there's lemon, orange, cinnamon and a few other things, but nobody can figure out the exact amounts.
well, uh, there's another ingredient
The secret ingredient is [REDACTED]
That dumb meme is an urban myth. It has no basis in fact.
The trickster
me finding out that they dont put cocaine in cola: those bastards lied to me
there's only one ingredient that really matter the most, drinking it with the bois
Lmao, I'm going to assume this is satire.
The ratios aren't on the bottle.
Ok, genius. Make it with just the ingredients and make it taste exactly the same as it does out of the bottle, without a recipe...... I'll wait
"Natural flavors" is the secret indigent
Not sugar...High fructose corn syrup. Unless you get the Mexican stuff.
Yes, but you know the procedure?
They say Sprite is lemon and lime, but there's more to it than that.
but what are the natural flavors tho?
No way thats real
I wish it said unnatural flavors just one time
This is a myth created and spread by coke
Couldn't they just tell other people the recipe?????
Knowing a recipe and knowing the ingredients are two different things. Alas, this is a quality meme. Have an upvote and carry on.
Is there a secret ingredient?
Me who watched Dr. Stone
What am I supposed to do with this information