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Quite informative, and a laundry list of flavor names/chemicals that sound far more dangerous than they taste. Interesting find is vinegar, which might have of

Quite informative, and a laundry list of flavor names/chemicals that sound far more dangerous than they taste. Interesting find is vinegar, which might have offered a small germ-fighting benefit and given Coca Cola the 'medical' qualities it initially sold for...

foxyv 9mo ago
I think that the cocaine was the origin of its medical debut.
- riffraff 9mo ago
  Cola nut also contains caffeine, so quite an energy drink between the two.
- colechristensen 9mo ago
  It was a reformulation from a popular drink where wine was infused with coca leaves and kola nuts, popular with Pope Leo XIII who appeared on poster advertisements for it. (and many others) Georgia passed prohibition and coca-cola was an invention to replace the now banned beverages.
  - fiftyacorn 9mo ago
    Is that tonic wine? Like buckfast?
    - colechristensen 9mo ago
      Same kind of thing as Buckfast, long out of production but somebody tried to revive it a decade ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariani_pope.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariani_pope.jpg
halapro 9mo ago
The ingredients he uses are not necessarily what CC uses, but they're just a way to replicate the flavor profile. Notably he lacks the coca extract so he has to make up for it.
leetrout 9mo ago
I was surprised to see nausea meds for kids that's phosphoric acid and sugar... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose/fructose/phosphoric_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose/fructose/phosphoric_ac...
- tgv 9mo ago
  I thought it was well known that Coca Cola contained phosphoric acid. It's one of the reasons why it's so bad for your teeth.
  - zahlman 9mo ago
    It's explicitly listed as an ingredient, even.
  - leetrout 9mo ago
    Indeed, I think it is and I was given coke for my tummy as a kid so I was making the connection between coke's medicinal properties to on-the-market nausea meds.
- mrguyorama 9mo ago
  I mean, uh, we used to not have any laws about this stuff: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/pickyourpoison/exhibition-cocaine.html?slide=3 https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/pickyourpoison/exhibition...

foxyv 9mo ago

I think that the cocaine was the origin of its medical debut.

riffraff 9mo ago
Cola nut also contains caffeine, so quite an energy drink between the two.
colechristensen 9mo ago
It was a reformulation from a popular drink where wine was infused with coca leaves and kola nuts, popular with Pope Leo XIII who appeared on poster advertisements for it. (and many others) Georgia passed prohibition and coca-cola was an invention to replace the now banned beverages.
- fiftyacorn 9mo ago
  Is that tonic wine? Like buckfast?
  - colechristensen 9mo ago
    Same kind of thing as Buckfast, long out of production but somebody tried to revive it a decade ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariani_pope.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariani_pope.jpg

halapro 9mo ago

The ingredients he uses are not necessarily what CC uses, but they're just a way to replicate the flavor profile. Notably he lacks the coca extract so he has to make up for it.

leetrout 9mo ago

I was surprised to see nausea meds for kids that's phosphoric acid and sugar... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose/fructose/phosphoric_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose/fructose/phosphoric_ac...

tgv 9mo ago
I thought it was well known that Coca Cola contained phosphoric acid. It's one of the reasons why it's so bad for your teeth.
- zahlman 9mo ago
  It's explicitly listed as an ingredient, even.
- leetrout 9mo ago
  Indeed, I think it is and I was given coke for my tummy as a kid so I was making the connection between coke's medicinal properties to on-the-market nausea meds.
mrguyorama 9mo ago
I mean, uh, we used to not have any laws about this stuff: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/pickyourpoison/exhibition-cocaine.html?slide=3 https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/pickyourpoison/exhibition...