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The Stepan_Company is one the only commercial entity in the US authorized by the DEA to import coca leaves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Company https:
by k9n 8y ago
The Stepan_Company is one the only commercial entity in the US authorized by the DEA to import coca leaves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Company
Apparently the cocaine-free leaves are sold to Coca-Cola. while the cocaine is sold to Mallinckrodt (Pharma).
This seems pretty shady to me.. The most addicting and widely popular drink that will and has always been the biggest is also the only soda that has permission to put some kind of secret extract into their drinks..
I really wonder what quantity of this extract is in coca cola, and whether this is for taste, or for the psychological effect like caffeine.
I'm not trying to say there's coke in coca cola, but it think it's funny that while their brand has been marketed as 'Coca-Cola' for so long. Why do they still give kids a can in their hand that they are going to drink out of.. literally with the words COKE on it.
Why do they still put on the can?
- kalleboo 8y agoThat's the US, how about in other countries? For instance Arab and Asian countries are extremely strict about anything that comes close to drugs, there's no way Coca-Cola would risk even distant extracts in those places.
- k9n 8y agoAfaik ALL the cola extracts/syrups/starters used by smaller and international soda bottle plants, and chains like macdonals still get their concentrated "Coca-Cola" branded syrups that include the extract from the US.
- BuildTheRobots 8y agoI was under the impression Coke (like McDonalds) had a lot of regional variance; eg they change the recipe depending on where they are.
- Sevii 8y agoThey change the source of the sugar based on tariffs and subsidies.
- jacquesm 8y ago> I'm not trying to say there's coke in coca cola There used to be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola#Coca_%E2%80%93_cocaine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola#Coca_%E2%80%93_cocai... Also explains how the 'spent leaves' are now used.