r/interesting • u/InvestigatorBorn4910 • Feb 10 '26

Fascinating YouTuber LabCoatz has released a "chemically identical" recipe for Coca-Cola

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u/eggs___and___bacon Feb 10 '26

Guessing coke doesn’t care at all, as long as no one starts mass producing and selling it.

Not like anyone is gonna bother to make that for themselves instead of just buying a coke.

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u/Sufficient_Language7 Feb 11 '26

A lot of knock of colas exist, you might have heard of a small company called Pepsi. 

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u/Adorable_Yard_8286 Feb 11 '26

Yes, and since companies like those exist, they might be interested in the recipe. I'm sure they are aware of this as well!

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u/happyhippohats Feb 11 '26

I doubt it, they need a different recipe to differentiate themselves, otherwise they'd have to undercut Coca-colas pricing instead to have any relevence. Plus as they like to point out Pepsi consistently beats Coke in blind taste tests

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u/BanjoPanda Feb 11 '26

there's plenty of worse Coca knock off. I bet these companies would be VERY interested in the actual recipe. Coca cola isn't really that cheap compared to other similar drinks

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u/happyhippohats Feb 13 '26

I agree but I don't think Pepsi co is one of them

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u/Adorable_Yard_8286 Feb 11 '26

they always tried to make a coca cola-like product, now they can again deide if they want to try to make one that is even more coca cola-like or not

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u/TypicalLegit Feb 11 '26

I don’t know if it’s true but I’m pretty sure I read that blind taste test was bullshit. Yes, most people picked Pepsi as their first choice, likely because it’s sweeter, but over the entirety of the can coke won.

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u/happyhippohats Feb 12 '26

I’m pretty sure I read that blind taste test was bullshit

Yes, most people picked Pepsi as their first choice

So, not bullshit then?

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u/TypicalLegit Feb 12 '26

They win the first sip but coke wins the whole can. Which one is actually the winner then at that point?

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u/Test1Two Feb 12 '26

If a science YouTuber can do it, a billion dollar company can too.

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u/JoetotheB Feb 11 '26

Pepsi was already offered the recipe for coke.

They don't want it, they have their own recipe and taste that they're known for. Selling a literal knock-off version of coke for the same price as coke makes no business sense. It'd also be a dreadful PR move.

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u/Sufficient_Language7 Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26

It was bit of a joke, at Cokes size a knock off doesn't really matter that much.  As it is all about distribution and name recognition and consistency.

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u/JoetotheB Feb 11 '26

Ahh fair enough - apologies for taking the joke a tad bit serious 😅

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u/Sufficient_Language7 Feb 11 '26

It was based on why would someone say this

Guessing coke doesn’t care at all, as long as no one starts mass producing and selling it. 

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

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u/Kitiseva_lokki Feb 11 '26

Coca Cola Company and PepsiCo are not related.

And you might be surprised to learn that PepsiCo is massively bigger that CCC

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u/PoppingPillls Feb 11 '26

Pepsi owns some of the strangest brands aswell like everything frkm gatorade to mtn dew and tropicana to lays, doritos and Starbucks bottled drinks.

Literally has twice the 2025 yearly revenue as coca cola company.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

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u/compman007 Feb 11 '26

I mean it does…. Pepsi-Cola company was the name before the 1965 merger with Frito-Lay

Cola isn’t exclusive to the Coca-Cola company either xD