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Ask HN: What are the ingredients in Coca Cola?
- eesmith 3y agoDo you think the answers here will be any better than https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_formula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_formula ?
- infotainment 3y agoYup, they have a pretty detailed section on possible recipes, including this one purported to be the original: Ingredients: 1 oz (28 g) caffeine citrate 3 oz (85 g) citric acid 1 US fl oz (30 ml) vanilla extract 1 US qt (946 ml) lime juice 2.5 oz (71 g) "flavoring" (i.e., "Merchandise 7X") 30 lb (14 kg) sugar 4 US fl oz (118.3 ml) fluid extract of coca leaves (flavor essence of the coca leaf) 2.5 US gal (9.5 L; 2.1 imp gal) water caramel sufficient to give color "Mix caffeine, citric acid and lime juice in 1 quart boiling water add vanilla and flavoring when cool." Flavoring (Merchandise 7X): 1 qrt alcohol 80 oil orange 40 oil cinnamon 120 oil lemon 20 oil coriander 40 oil nutmeg 40 oil neroli "Let stand 24 hours."
- belter 3y agoStartup Idea...Make a Fanta or Cola better than the real thing. Lawyer up strongly. My name suggestion... "AI Cola": "How to Mass Produce Coca Cola at Home" - https://youtu.be/fZb_7JgcsSU https://youtu.be/fZb_7JgcsSU