Coca Cola Secret Recipe

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/8324778/Coca-Cola-recipe-discovered.html
The 'secret recipe'

Fluid extract of Coca 3 drams USP

Citric acid 3 oz

Caffeine 1oz

Sugar 30 (it is unclear from the markings what quantity is required)

Water 2.5 gal

Lime juice 2 pints 1 qrt

Vanilla 1oz

Caramel 1.5oz or more to colour

7X flavour (use 2oz of flavour to 5 gals syrup):

Alcohol 8oz

Orange oil 20 drops

Lemon oil 30 drops

Nutmeg oil 10 drops

Coriander 5 drops

Neroli 10 drops

Cinnamon 10 drops
 
Sugar is about 30x10^2 grams... 👍

But yeah, that's a pretty interesting find.
 
As pointed out in the comments on the linked website,

The recipe is not a secret - that's just marketing hype.

If you think about health and safety legislation there's no way that they'd allow drinks to be sold with unknown ingredients in them. And also at the factories you couldn't have big drums labelled "secret formula X" just lying around, you'd have to know exactly what it was for quality control purposes not to mention if there was some kind of accident and the fire brigade turned up.
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I always thought some of Columbia's finest was the secret ingrediant :boggled:
So what is the infamous "Chemical X"??
 
There is a difference between ingredients and a recipe, a recipe is the ratios used.
Ratios can be secret for flavours I should imagine.
 
Alcohol? Well, I guess this may have been the recipe once but judging by the photo's age, it hasn't been for a long time... Kinda interesting though. 👍
 
Does this mean that those cheap cola knock offs are going to stop tasting like 40% cola, 60% water and get better? Hope so.

As for the whole "secret ingredient" conundrum. My assumption is that it is revealed to the appropriate people on grounds of health and safety. There's a scottish soft drink known as Irn bru and only a few people know the "secret recipe" at any given time. As a matter of fact, the people who know the "secret recipe" never fly on the same plane in case of a crash. When it comes to fire safety, the mixture could be stored in clearly labelled containers, like a lot of potentially dangerous chemicals are. I'm sure there are millions of more volatile substances around than the secret ingredients for soft drinks.
 
Well that recipe seems to only 1% of the total Coke ingredients and I'm sure the company would take great lengths to guard the full thing. Apparently only the CEO and a few food scientists at the company know it. I find some supermarket Cola's taste better than Coke IMO.

Nice find though, anyone going to go and try and make it?

Robin.
 
Robin.
Well that recipe seems to only 1% of the total Coke ingredients and I'm sure the company would take great lengths to guard the full thing.
Robin.
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The recipe is 100%, the 7x is the 1 %.
Alcohol 8oz

Orange oil 20 drops

Lemon oil 30 drops

Nutmeg oil 10 drops

Coriander 5 drops

Neroli 10 drops

Cinnamon 10 drops
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Looking at comments on yahoo, people are complaining about the alcohol contents, and others saying it won't have alcohol because that would be illegal to sell to children etc. :lol:.
Drinks are not classed as alcoholic if they are under a certain percentage strength (0.5% max), it's just for flavour.
So the secret 7x maybe around 50% alcohol 50% spice and fruit extract.
 
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I think you need to watch your back, blaaah. I don't think Coke's team of ninja assassins take too kindly to anyone who spreads their secret.
 
maximumattack
Irn Bru is brilliant, I think I'm addicted to it :lol:

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I don't know if it's my imagination, but the last time I was in England, the Irn Bru tasted "funny". Don't know why, but something just wasn't right. I used to love Irn Bru, but now, I'm more of a red bull cola kinda guy. That may just have something to do with F1 though. Sometimes I'm a bit of a walking billboard.

Edit: Kudo's for not going with the "phenomenal" ads... Shudders...
 
Wait...so theres no coke in it after all?! That means I've been drying the stuff out and snorting the crusties for nothing. What a rip off.
 
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Wait...so theres no coke in it after all?! That means I've been drying the stuff out and snorting the crusties for nothing. What a rip off.
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"Fluid extract of Coca 3 drams USP"
 
Just Noticed that there is Alcohol , If that is true then today might be the last coca cola I ever have :banghead:
 
sems4arsenal
Just Noticed that there is Alcohol , If that is true then today might be the last coca cola I ever have :banghead:
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Same here, but if it really has an alcohol in there - how could it pass the ''Halal'' certification? Could be that certain country have different ingredients added to it. I haven't drink Coke for almost a year now, and never get into it too anyway...

EDIT: Apparently Coca-Cola UK and Malaysia claimed that their drinks are non-alcoholic....
 
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A drink can be legally classified as non-alcoholic and still have alcohol in it.
I read portions of a debate on the Islam/Muslim interpretations of the alcohol content of drinks which are classified alcohol free. Coming from a religious rule that you shall not have a small bit of something if a lot of it can be intoxicating. The conclusion was that it's not possible to have a large amount of low percentage alcohol to get intoxicated because the body processes it quicker than it can be consumed, so it was a legitimate drink, as are low alcohol/alcohol free beers with less than 0.5% alcohol.
These drinks may contain similar amounts of natural alcohol found in fruit juices in your supermarket.
 
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A drink can be legally classified as non-alcoholic and still have alcohol in it.
I read portions of a debate on the Islam/Muslim interpretations of the alcohol content of drinks which are classified alcohol free. Coming from a religious rule that you shall not have a small bit of something if a lot of it can be intoxicating. The conclusion was that it's not possible to have a large amount of low percentage alcohol to get intoxicated because the body processes it quicker than it can be consumed, so it was a legitimate drink, as are low alcohol/alcohol free beers with less than 0.5% alcohol.
These drinks may contain similar amounts of natural alcohol found in fruit juices in your supermarket.
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According to my muslim understanding, you can drink something like you stated fruit juices sold in the supermarket that contains natural alcohol, even this drink in Malaysia called ''Tapai'' or something contains a little alcohol but as long as it doesn't get you drunk, it's fine... Something more powerfull like liquor is forbidden for Muslims.
 
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This is true. I've heard Mexico has the best tasting coca-cola due to a different sugar used in the drink which can't be used in other countries due to health regulations.
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No, it's just because in Mexico they use sugar, whereas everywhere else they use high fructose corn syrup because it's cheap.
 
Mexico might also use Coca with some Cocaine alkaloids still intact. Might make it taste better. In South America they could just add fresh leaves to the drink while in the glass..
 
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According to my muslim understanding, you can drink something like you stated fruit juices sold in the supermarket that contains natural alcohol, even this drink in Malaysia called ''Tapai'' or something contains a little alcohol but as long as it doesn't get you drunk, it's fine... Something more powerfull like liquor is forbidden for Muslims.
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I see your point and this might lead to some debates although that small amount of alcohol wouldn't do much damage but it is still there sort of like steeling a cover of a broken pen found on a street yes it won't make a difference on Earth but it is still stealing .

Another debate is if this small amount of alcohol passes the "Halal" Tests then this might happen as well in all sort of drinks .I really wish I hadn't read this I love my Pepsi/Coke But if you know that Alcohol is present then Sadly I'll Stick to Sprite and Fanta only :indiff:
 
Alcohol is not an intoxicant at certain low levels no matter how much you drink of it.
The reason I think, correct me if i'm wrong, that alcohol is wrong because it intoxicates?
I forget the words now but was it something like the prophet said something like if it takes even 6 litres (translated) to be intoxicated from a drink, then you should not take one sip of it. Or something to that effect. The philosophy being no matter how big the big size is, if it's possible to be intoxicated by it, then you should not have any whatsoever.
Trace alcohol, no matter how much you drink does not count as an intoxicant however much you have.
The expert reasoners said that even if there is something "bad" in something you consume, if it is so small it is in effect no longer existing because it is destroyed by the other good elements surrounding it.
 
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