The formula for Coca-Cola is one of the most jealously guarded trade secrets in the world. Locked in a vault in Atlanta. Supposedly unreplicable. But we think we may have found the original recipe. And to see if the formula actually might be Coke, we made a batch. Or, anyway, we asked the folks atJones Soda andSovereign Flavors to whip up some up, to see if it tastes like Coke.
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The Recipe
Here's thepress release we put out about this story. And here'sa note from Ira making it clear that we are not claiming that we have found the recipe usedtoday for Coca-Cola. When we first broadcast this show, we had no idea how big a splash it would make. We heard fromlisteners, gotinternational press coverage, and even made it intoConan O'Brien's monologue.
Message In a Bottle
The formula for Coca-Cola is one of the most jealously guarded trade secrets in the world. So we were surprised to come across a 1979 newspaper article with what looked like the original recipe for Coke. Talking to historian Mark Pendergrast, author ofFor God, Country and Coca-Cola, we were even more surprised when we found reasons to believe the recipe is real. (25 minutes)
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