Secret Ingredient of Coke not secret

Drago
By Drago

According to a story by NPR's This American Life, the 125-year old top-secret Coca-Cola Classic recipe was accidentally leaked in the photo accompanying a 1979 Atlanta newspaper article about the soda giant, but nobody noticed it until now. You're going down, Coke! Well, as soon as this last batch of bathtub gin finishes fermenting.
And while companies like Pepsi have deduced the general ingredients on their own, none have unlocked the "Merchandise 7X flavoring" that gives Coke its unique taste and bubbly burn. "The company has always said, and as far as I know it's true, that at any given time only two people know how to mix the 7X flavoring ingredient," Mark Pendergrast, historian and author of For God, Country and Coke told This American Life. "Those two people never travel on the same plane in case it crashes; it's this carefully passed-on secret ritual and the formula is kept in a bank vault."

The recipe:

Fluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP
Citric acid: 3 oz
Caffeine: 1 oz
Sugar: 30 (unclear quantity)
Water: 2.5 gal
Lime juice: 2 pints, 1 quart
Vanilla: 1 oz
Caramel: 1.5 oz or more for color

The secret 7X flavor(use 2 oz of flavor to 5 gals syrup
Alcohol: 8 oz
Orange oil: 20 drops
Lemon oil: 30 drops
Nutmeg oil: 10 drops
Coriander: 5 drops
Neroli: 10 drops
Cinnamon: 10 drops

By anonymous• 16 Feb 2011 17:31
anonymous

.....well wonder when they fill find out the lizard legs - fermented eye of a one eyed python mix that really made choke...coke....

By anonymous• 16 Feb 2011 17:19
anonymous

Cows having hangover... Lol

By Mr M.• 16 Feb 2011 16:38
Mr M.

This coke secret recipe issue reminds me of the KFC secret recipe saga of the past decade.

It was claimed that it may not eve be chickern,just some kind of hairless,fleshy organisms that resemble birds! SUBHAAN ALLAH.

By Drago• 16 Feb 2011 16:01
Drago

Old Mc donald had a farm

eya eya o

on the farm he had a bar

eya eya o

with a sip sip here and a sip sip there

here sip there sip

eya eya o.

By Drago• 16 Feb 2011 15:53
Drago

hahahahahaha..hahahahhahaha..Good one..Tequilla cows having it mixed with margarittas..no wonder cows keep on smiling all day long..

By Drago• 16 Feb 2011 15:48
Drago

what kind of alcohols do cows drink?? beer probably coz they eat alotta wheat and grains and a little bit of yeast just does it right..Alcoholic cows with hang overs in the morning..hahahaaha.

By Drago• 16 Feb 2011 15:44
Drago

baldrick..the truth is Israel or no Isreal but carbonated drinks are not good for the health.Me personally i had my last carbonated drink 6 hours ago..LOLz..

By Reclee123• 16 Feb 2011 15:38
Reclee123

Finally every one is a drunkard !!! EVEN YOU MUSLIM BABA"S

By baldrick2dogs• 16 Feb 2011 15:38
baldrick2dogs

Anyways, alcohol or not, remember the uproar about boycotting Pepsi cos a rumour said it was made in Israel. It only takes one spark to light a fire.

By gudone• 16 Feb 2011 15:37
gudone

mite b fake...

By baldrick2dogs• 16 Feb 2011 15:36
baldrick2dogs

Saudi Arabia did tests on non-alcoholic beer and found there was actually more alcohol in Natural Yoghurt than there was in the Near Beer!

I'm now a Labanoholic :o)

By nomad_08• 16 Feb 2011 15:33
nomad_08

i dont see poppy seeds in the recipe?

By Drago• 16 Feb 2011 15:32
Drago

well i had a few cook books with some secret spices that were used in KFC..if KFC was something else then it would have been KFP (kentucky fried Pigeon) or KFB (kentucky fried beef).LOL..

By Drago• 16 Feb 2011 15:28
Drago

i think Coke had an ingredient way back in the start that was replaced by caffeine..thats how it got the name "Coke"..realy don't know if its a joke or it is really true.

By anonymous• 16 Feb 2011 15:26
anonymous

dont believe in this formula. Its fake.

By baldrick2dogs• 16 Feb 2011 15:24
baldrick2dogs

Alcohol!?!?!?

That's really going to upset a LOT of people!!!!!

By Drago• 16 Feb 2011 15:24
Drago

i just got it from yahoo...regards

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