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Is this an AI response? coca-cola was replicated by one guy and confirmed in blind taste test by several other people, no magical machinery needed to make it on
by himata4113 15d ago
Is this an AI response? coca-cola was replicated by one guy and confirmed in blind taste test by several other people, no magical machinery needed to make it once you know the ingredients.
What about quality? That has nothing to do with it.
Of course they're trying to be the better coke, that's why they tried making coke with the same color with more sugar and made the flavors stronger.
- s__s 15d agoCoca-Cola is the only company that can legally import and process raw coca leaves into a flavoring agent. It’s literally impossible to duplicate their exact recipe.
- jjtheblunt 15d agowhere did you find that? (super interesting)
- qingcharles 15d agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Company#Coca_extraction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Company#Coca_extraction
- jjtheblunt 14d agooh cool...thanks
- subarctic 15d agoThe Acquired episode on coca cola
- jjtheblunt 14d agooh cool...just learned something, not kidding -> thanks.
- browningstreet 15d agoStepan Company, actually. But you’re right that Coca-Cola is the exclusive buyer.
- einsteinx2 15d agoIf you live in the US sure. I live in a Latin American country where it’s legal to buy coca leaves (cocaine is illegal obviously, but the leaves aren’t and are commonly sold in health food stores of all places for tea).
- bena 15d agoThe “machinery” being the marketing, distribution, and general scale, not the physical vats used to mix it. Even if you could replicate the exact flavor, you’d still need to do it at scale and get it into stores and convince people to buy it. As to “just make it yourself”, everyone can make a sandwich, Jersey Mike’s and several other sandwich shops exist successfully.
- himata4113 15d agoI don't know if you have seen it, but the recipe is 1:1 of what cocacola is, scientifically proven. (Altho it tastes closer to original cola since replicating coca 1:1 is impossible)
- bena 15d agoAre you actually reading my responses? I’m saying the formula is immaterial. It’s also about being able to produce at scale, market, and distribute.