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Do you think Coca Cola protects their formula with anything less? We're talking about Apple - a 2 trillion dollar operation that operates in hundreds of countr
by askafriend 5y ago
Do you think Coca Cola protects their formula with anything less?
We're talking about Apple - a 2 trillion dollar operation that operates in hundreds of countries.
- spockz 5y agoWhile we are on this. How does Coca Cola protect their recipe? The products is “brewed” all over the world in many facilities. How do you keep that a secret when there are machines to configure and all this ingredient deliveries?
- jaywalk 5y agoCompartmentalization. Company A produces mix containing ingredients 1, 3 and 5. Company B produces mix containing ingredients 2, 4 and 6. Only a handful of people at Coca-Cola even know the details of what companies A and B produce, and everyone below just knows "we combine the two mixes we receive"
- vel0city 5y agoAlso, good lawyers + good contracts. Its way more profitable for those companies to be quiet about what their mix is than risk the wrath of a $233B beverage company.
- ipaddr 5y agoThe formula keeps changing over time. Pre 1906 it had cocaine in it. Here is the recipe. Extract of coca leaves, caffeine, plenty of sugar (it specifies 30 unidentified units thought to be pounds), lime juice, vanilla and caramel make a syrup. Into that syrup, the all-important 7x flavourings are added: alcohol and six oils – orange, lemon, nutmeg, coriander, neroli and cinnamon Knowing this won't help you beat coke. It might have 100 years ago but how coke tastes isn't as important as the leases they hold in key retail spaces.