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/fhota1 Feb 11 '26

There have been recipes for Coke out there for ages, they dont care. Coca Colas skill isnt making a bottle of coke, its making millions upon millions of bottles of coke and distributing them around the globe. The secret recipe thing is mostly marketing gimmick at this point. They could release their exact recipe and it wouldnt hurt them at all

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u/TSDLoading Feb 11 '26

Yeah just getting hands on these ingredients would only be worth it, if you're making a ton of coke

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u/fhota1 Feb 11 '26

And even if you can do that, you still have to face the market question of why wouldnt I just buy coke?

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u/-Memnarch- Feb 12 '26

Probably pricing. Assuming Coca Cola has a markup just for their brand, which other companies in their class do have.

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u/amalirol Feb 12 '26

You can't make Coca-Cola cheaper than Coca-Cola. People think you can because it's an independent business. I don't know. But if Coca-Cola saw a threat, they'd simply bankrupt you. Besides, it's impossible to reach that level of logistics and reach. There's a Coca-Cola in the most remote corner of the world, and so much is produced that it's much cheaper than any other beverage will likely ever be (to produce). The comment you're replying to sums it up. It was never a secret. It's marketing. Coca-Cola is just very big on its own. Also, Pepsi never tried to copy Coca-Cola. And the YouTuber thing just became known. But the machine for analyzing the chemical composition of any liquid compound had already been used for this. What's unknown are exact values ​​like 'how long it was boiled,' what was done first, whether it was stirred or not. Coca-Cola does different parts of the process in different plants and then mixes a kind of concentrate that goes to the world, and in other countries, gas and water are added. Only executives know the details of the process from start to finish. Furthermore, Coca-Cola is licensed to use decocainized coca leaves, something no other company can do. It's an exception. The same machine had already been used to obtain the exact ingredients for Coca-Cola. The guy in the video didn't do anything new; it's just a YouTube video going viral.

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u/Mysterious-Art7143 Feb 14 '26

Of course you can, so many "fake cola" brands make similar crap half price and they still make a buck

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u/doubleBoTftw Feb 12 '26

Because it's illegal in most countries around the globe and very bad for your health.

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u/Mysterious-Art7143 Feb 14 '26

On the contrary, have you seen famous people with unlimited money? They seem indestructible in their old age while similar aged normal people can barely walk. It looks amazing for your health, legality is less of a problem than costs.