Often duplicated but never replicated, the Coca-Cola recipe has been a well-kept secret for years. Created by medicinal pharmacist John Pemberton in 1886, the exact measures of each ingredient that make up the world-famous soft drink have been closely guarded – until now.
American public radio show Thisamericanlife.org claims to have uncovered a list of ingredients and their exact quantities to mix the perfect Coca-Cola drink.
A photo from the 8 February 1979 edition of American daily newspaper The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows a person holding open a book with a recipe, which is allegedly an exact copy of Pemberton’s. The recipe is said to contain the precise amount of all the different oils needed to create ‘Merchandise 7X’, Coca-Cola’s secret ingredient.
Even though Merchandise 7X makes up only 1% of the drink’s formula, the key ingredient is believed to give one of the world’s most popular soft drink its unique taste. The official recipe is allegedly guarded 24 hours a day in a vault in Atlanta, Georgia. Here is the ‘secret recipe’:
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