The Coca-Cola drink was invented in Atlanta (Georgia, USA) on May 8, 1886. It was invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton, a former military officer
American Army Confederation. The name for the new drink was invented by Frank Robinson, Pemberton's accountant, who, also using calligraphy, wrote the words "Coca-Cola" in beautiful curly letters that are still the logo of the drink.

The main ingredients of Coca-Cola were as follows: three parts of coca leaves (from the same leaves the drug cocaine was obtained) to one part of the nuts of the tropical cola tree. The resulting drink was patented as a remedy for "any nervous disorder" and was sold through a vending machine at Jacob's largest city drugstore in Atlanta. Pemberton also argued that Coca-Cola heals impotence, and that it can be switched to those who are addicted to morphine (by the way, Pemberton himself was not indifferent to morphine). It should be noted here that cocaine was not a prohibited substance at that time and nothing was known about its harm to health (for example, in the novel "The Sign of the Four" by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes injects himself with cocaine in moments of inactivity, so painfully tolerated by him). Therefore, cocaine was freely sold, and it was often added for pleasure and tone to drinks instead of alcohol - Coca-Cola was not an innovation in this.

At first, only 9 people bought the drink every day. Sales revenue for the first year was only $ 50. Interestingly, $ 70 was spent on the production of Coca-Cola, that is, in the first year the drink was unprofitable. But gradually the popularity of Coca-Cola increased, and profits from its sale, too. In 1888, Pemberton sold the rights to the beverage. And in 1892, businessman Asa Griggs Candler, who owned the rights to Coca-Cola, founded The Coca-Cola Company, which is still producing Coca-Cola.

In 1902, with a turnover of $ 120,000, Coca-Cola became the most famous drink in the United States. [The same year was marked by the appearance of the main competitor "The Pepsi-Cola Company" - La belle epoque].

But in the late 1890s, public opinion turned against cocaine, and in 1903 a devastating article appeared in the New York Tribune, claiming that it was Coca-Cola that was to blame for the fact that the blacks from the city slums, who were drunk with it, began to attack white people. After that, not fresh coca leaves were added to Coca-Cola, but already "squeezed" leaves, from which all the cocaine was removed.

Since then, the popularity of the drink has grown exponentially. And already fifty years after its invention, Coca-Cola has become for Americans something of a national icon. Since 1894, Coca-Cola has been sold in bottles, and since 1955 in cans.

Stages of a long journey:

1886 - invention of the drink
1888 - Sale of business to Irish émigré Ace Candler, who starts an aggressive advertising campaign
1893 - registration of a trade mark
1894 - bottling
1920 - the first plant in Europe
1922 - creation of a 6-bottle package
1928 - Coca-Cola at the Amsterdam Olympics
1960 - the appearance of the tin can
1977 - the appearance of two-liter plastic bottles

Pemberton, John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 - August 16, 1888) - American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola:

It is said that there is a recipe written by Pemberton himself. It is kept in a special safe, which only top managers have access to.
companies, and even they can only open the safe together. On the one hand, with the current scrutiny and strict requirements of various organizations for food and drink, it is strange that the recipe has not yet been disclosed.

Here is one of the options for decoding the composition (based on the materials of the Vlast magazine):

First, a black elixir is compiled:

• 80 drops of orange essential oil
• 40 drops of cinnamon essential oil
• 120 drops of lemon essential oil
• 20 drops of coriander essential oil
• 40 drops of nutmeg oil
• 40 drops of neroli oil
• Lime essential oil - to taste

Then 42 grams of black elixir, 113 grams of caffeine citrate, 56 grams of orthophosphoric acid, 28 grams of vanilla extract are taken for 10 liters of water. Now it remains to add sugar - as much as 13.5 kilograms.

Of course, the amount of sugar is impressive, for one glass of the drink there are as many as 9 tablespoons. Just because of this, perhaps, it should have been hidden, because how can one only imagine how useful this "miracle cure" is for our body.

We can say with confidence that neither coca nor cola has been there for a long time.

Interesting Facts

If all the "Coca-Cola" developed over more than a hundred years is bottled, laid out in one line and wrapped around the Earth's orbit of our planet, then it will wrap the Earth 4334 times. By the way, a similar chain to the Moon would reach back and forth 1045 times.

If all the produced "Coca-Cola" were distributed in bottles to all the inhabitants of the planet, each of us would receive 767 bottles.

If the entire developed "Coca-Cola" were filled with a basin 180 centimeters deep, then its length would be 33 kilometers, and its width would reach almost 15 kilometers. 512 million people can enter such a pool at the same time.

Every second, 8000 glasses of drinks produced by the Company are drunk in the world.

The huge "Coca-Cola" sign, placed above the "World of Coca-Cola" pavilion in Atlanta, consists of 1407 ordinary bulbs and 1906 "running" neon lamps. The height of the sign is 9 meters, width - 8, weight - 12.5 tons.

The largest Coca-Cola sign is located in the Chilean city of Arica. It is installed at the top of the hill. The sign is 122 meters wide and 40 meters high. This sign is composed of 70 thousand bottles from "Coca-Cola".

In 1989, Coca-Cola was the first foreign company to advertise its brand on Pushkin Square in Moscow.

The two countries with the highest per capita consumption of Coca-Cola in the world have absolutely nothing in common. This is a huge continental subtropical Mexico and a tiny island circumpolar Iceland.

The longest delivery route for Coca-Cola is in Australia. Truck drivers have to traverse a 1803-kilometer highway to transport products from Perth, South Australia to the townships of Karratha and Port Hedland.

Raising the topic of the most common drinks today, one should recall the history of the emergence of Coca-Cola. Today, many interesting facts are known about this drink consumed by many.

• The history of the appearance of Coca-Cola on the Russian market begins with an advertisement placed by the company on Pushkin Square in Moscow. This was the first foreign advertising campaign among Russian residents held in 1989.
• Coca-Cola is an excellent rust remover. This is due to the high content of phosphoric acid in the drink. It also removes "Coca-Cola" plaque in sinks, bathtubs and toilet bowls, scale in a kettle. It also removes blood stains, so police officers in America always have a few gallons of Coca-Cola on hand to use them during an accident - to wash the asphalt.
• So many “Coca-Cola” were produced that if this volume is bottled and distributed at a time, then every inhabitant of the earth will receive 767 bottles! And the pool, filled with the total amount of produced "Coca-Cola", will be 33 kmX15 km in size, provided that the depth of the reservoir reaches 180 centimeters! At the same time, 512 million people could swim in such a virtual pool.
• The company first launched a Coca-Cola billboard in 1904 in Cardsville, Georgia. It hangs to this day in the same place.
• Experts believe that the value of the Coca-Cola brand - one of the most successful in the world - today is equal to Coca-Cola seventy billion dollars.

If you look at the very beginning of the history of the Coca-Cola company, you will be amazed at the following fact: in the first year of the appearance of a carbonated drink, now known to almost everyone, its production was unprofitable for its producers and creators. The revenue for the entire first year was about $ 50, and in fact 70 was invested!

The birth of syrup - the progenitor of the "Coca-Cola" drink

The very birth of "Coca-Cola", its history. The recipe for this drink was compiled in 1886 by amateur chemist John Stith Pemberton, who owned a pharmaceutical company. Once John cooked syrup and treated his friend, the accountant Frank Robinson, to it. No one then could have thought that this everyday episode would serve as the beginning of the creation of the most advanced Coca-Cola company.

After writing down the syrup recipe on Frank's advice, John took it to the largest pharmacy, Jacobs' Pharmacy. The first portions of syrup were sold for 5 cents per 200 grams. It consisted of 3 parts of coca leaves and one part of tropical cola tree nuts. The patent for this invention claimed that it was "a cure for any disorders of the nervous system." John Stith himself argued that syrup helps to wean from addiction to morphine and can heal from impotence.

The emergence of a famous brand

An interesting name, consisting of the names of the ingredients of the syrup, written down with a hyphen, came up with the same accountant Frank Robinson, who was the first taster of the "nerve medicine". He personally wrote the words “Coca-Cola” in his calligraphic handwriting - this is how the history of the famous brand “Coca-Cola” began, which is still the logo of the drink.

Later, the logo of the now well-known brand was patented in the US bureau. Bright red curly letters on a white background were the main brand details. Later, the logo was modified: a huge red-brown blob appeared behind the white letters.

But the employees of the Coca-Cola company strictly monitored and now they are making sure that no one from the outside “encroached” even on the elements of the brand's corporate identity. Lawsuits arose for the most seemingly insignificant little things: the use of a similar font, red to draw a different logo, the color of the drink, the smell.

Needless to say, the Coca-Cola company had no losses? It destroyed its competitors easily and with pleasure, the prestige of the Coca-Cola brand steadily increased.

The emergence of a carbonated drink made from nerve syrup

But Coca-Cola got its current fame much later. And at the very beginning, in 1886, the syrup was modestly sold in pharmacies, not enjoying much success. And who would have thought that the history of the creation of the current carbonated drink will begin with the light hand of the pharmacist Willie Venable, who was too lazy to go for tap water. Instead of regular water, a lazy salesman suggested that a visitor suffering from a hangover add soda to the syrup. The resulting "pop" delighted the man!

Since then, "Coca-Cola" has been sold only in combination with soda. However, it was impossible to call this enterprise profitable at that time: for a year, the sale of Coca-Cola brought businessmen a loss of $ 20,000 ...

The creator of the drink hands over the rights to it

In the same 1886, Prohibition was introduced in Atlanta, which is an undoubted positive moment for Coca-Cola. However, Pemberton's health was deteriorating by that time, and his financial situation was greatly shaken. And he decides to sell the coveted recipe and equipment. Moreover, the same lazy seller who made the discovery of the "fizzy" based on the "Coca-Cola" syrup gets two-thirds of the company producing the drink.

For his invention, Pemberton received only 2 thousand dollars and died a beggar in 1888 in the middle of August. His grave is located in the cemetery for the poor. And only in 1958 a stone tombstone appeared on the grave of the founder of the Coca-Cola company.

First steps to success

The history of the development of the Coca-cola company begins its chronicle with the appearance in Atlanta of the poorest Irish emigrant Aza Kender. Having managed to turn his dollar in a compartment with 75 cents into a small capital in a short time, he buys a recipe for making "coca-cola" from the widow of John Stith for 2.3 thousand dollars.

Further, the story tells that in 1893 it was Aza Kendler who registered The Coca-Cola Company in Georgia. The initial authorized capital of the company was equal to one hundred thousand dollars. He also registered the Coca-Cola trademark, which has been used since 1886. In the same 1893, the shareholders of The Coca-Cola Company received their first, albeit small so far, dividends.

First steps in advertising

With the arrival of a new director, the history of the development of the company for the production and sale of "Coca-Cola" begins its new round of ascent. Together with Frank Robinson, Aza Kendler is developing a new recipe for the drink, in which cocaine is mercilessly removed from the ingredients, but the taste is improved and the shelf life is increased. Moreover, the invigorating effect on the body of the drink remains, which is a huge plus for Coca-Cola.

Aza Kendler turns out to be an excellent marketer. He calculates his advertising moves surprisingly accurately:

• free distribution of "Coca-Cola" in pharmacies in exchange for the addresses and names of regular customers;
• mailing to the received addresses of coupons for the free purchase of one glass of drink;
• trade in calendars, watches and souvenirs with the Coca-Cola logo.

Today, all these tricks are known to every advertising agency. But in those years for "coca-cola" it was a turning point in the history of the company of production and sale of a non-alcoholic invigorating drink.

Everything is important in business, even the shape of the container of the drink.

1916 In the history of the development of the Coca-Cola company, another important event took place - the appearance of a unique bottle "with a waist". Now the brand has become recognizable not only for its original logo, but also for its creative capacity. After all, the shape of the bottle was so reminiscent of the super fashionable at that time women's year-skirt with a narrow waist and a smoothly expanding bottom.

The image of the Coca-Cola company grows even higher after such a publicity stunt, when a bottle is “handed” to everyone's beloved Santa Claus. The history of the development of the Coca-Cola company is enriched with another interesting fact and takes a step up the ladder of the rating of sales of consumer products.

A Brief History of Coca-Cola in Dates

1931 - Santa Claus, commissioned by the Coca-Cola Company, receives his present appearance, which was "presented" to him by the American artist Haddon Sundblom: the face of the artist himself and a red robe with white trim.

1939 - the beginning of the Cold War with PepsiCo in connection with the use of the latter in its name the word "cola", which "Coca-Cola" considered part of its trademark. Despite the peace deal, the companies continue a quiet but implacable battle for supremacy.

1958 - the debut of Fanta, the brainchild of Coca-Cola.

1961 - the birth of another drink, known today to everyone under the name "Sprite".

1960 - the emergence of Coca-Cola drinks in cans.

1977 - the appearance of drinks in plastic bottles with a capacity of 2 liters.

Perhaps now you will not find a person who has never tasted this legendary drink at least once. Coca-Cola is one of the most recognizable and expensive brands in the world. It beats Microsoft, Google and Nokia. Its assets amount to about $ 100 billion. The drink is actively consumed in more than 200 countries. The Coca-Cola Company has changed the outlook of people around the world, imposed its own ideas on people all over the planet. But it was not always so. The world found out about her only in 1889. Although, the history of the Coca-Cola brand began on May 8, 1886. Pharmacist J. Pamberton demonstrates the drug he has created to investors and receives the necessary investment. These investments help a still unknown entrepreneur to organize a small production for the production of an antidepressant, which, moreover, perfectly coped with fatigue, and even cost only 5 cents. And this miracle drug was called only Coca-Cola.

The history of the creation of Coca-Cola

Yes, yes, for the first time, Coca-Cola appeared on the shelves of pharmacies, not stores. Yes, and the name of the medicine was more than justified, because the main active ingredients in the drink were coca leaves (the very thing that cocaine is made of) and cola nuts (they contain large amounts of caffeine and theobromine). So, the taste of that first Cola was significantly different from the one we know now. But, whatever it was, Coca-Cola began to be sold in pharmacies, and absolutely not in demand among the population. Nobody wanted to buy it. It seemed that the collapse of the unborn brand was inevitable. But, here, one of the sellers decides to experiment, and adds soda water (soda) to the drink. And it is in this embodiment that the product begins to enjoy wild popularity among buyers.

In 1889, a resourceful, purposeful and unknown Irish emigrant named Aza Griggs Candler decides to take a chance and for 2300 dollars buys the rights to produce Coca-Cola from Pamberton. And from that moment on, the Coca-Cola brand begins to turn into a transatlantic giant, which will soon conquer the whole world.

The first thing Candler does is register the Coca-Cola trademark and create The Coca-Cola Company. In fact, it lays the foundation for the strategy for the future development of the brand, namely, the emphasis on advertising. The brand's tremendous success is due only to competent and unprecedented advertising. Coca-Cola could not and cannot compete in the market neither in quality nor in taste. Everything that Coca-Cola has now, it has only thanks to advertising.

Coca-Cola development history

But, nevertheless, let's go back to the distant 19th century. Three years have passed since Candler acquired the rights to produce Coca-Cola, and the brand is already becoming the most famous drink in the United States. And after another 7 years, a small production, bought for 2300 dollars, Candler sells to a group of investors for 25 million dollars!

In this regard, it is very interesting to consider what steps in the development of Coca-Cola Candler used, how in several years he was able to achieve such success.

The history of the Coca-Cola logo

First, he used a sustainable brand in the form of a logo, which, by the way, has never changed since the day of its creation. The history of the Coca-Cola logo began in the days of Pamberton, it was then that Frank Robinson, Pamberton's accountant, painted white calligraphic letters on a red background, and the name Coca-Cola itself was also invented by Robinson.

Under Candler's leadership, the logo was promoted as and wherever they could: placed on souvenirs, printed on leaflets. As a result, the logo has firmly entered the heads of ordinary people. It got to the point that other, lesser-known brands of soda began to copy the logo. In 1916 alone, the Coca-Cola Company began more than 150 court cases against plagiarizing its logo.

Coca-Cola slogans

Another Candler innovation was playing on American feelings. Cadler used short and concise slogans such as "The nation's great soft drink." It must be remembered that in those days prohibition was introduced, so that this slogan hit the masses as well as possible.

Subsequently, the company has repeatedly resorted to slogans that personify the mood of the time and play on the feelings of people - "America's Favorite Moment", "Red, White and You", "Thirst does not know the time of year."

Creative approach

Coca-Cola in original bottles (before that, it could be bought only for bottling). In 1915, designer Earl Dean developed a unique bottle that could be discerned by touch and recognized even when broken.

Free Cola. Kadler came up with an ingenious trick - he sent several free shipments of his product to retail outlets. In exchange, he received data from regular customers and sent them coupons for the purchase of a drink, and also for free. People came to pharmacies (then Cola, as you remember, was sold there), drank a free glass and bought Cola with them. Today this technique is called a "gift certificate".

Coca-Cola invented Santa... Surprisingly, yes, in 1931 Haddon Sandblom drew such a painfully familiar Santa, and gave him a bottle of Coca-Cola. This is not to say that Santa Claus did not exist before, just no one knew what he looked like, and therefore they portrayed him as they liked best. And the red color of the good-natured old man's fur coat was needed only in order to better emphasize the color of the brand.

Sponsorship... Another unique approach can be considered the idea of \u200b\u200bCoca-Cola to act as sponsors and raise not only the authority of its brand, but receive colossal free advertising.

Thus, the Coca-Cola Company is the oldest sponsor of the Olympic Games. She has been supporting these competitions since 1928.

In addition, the Company supports the FIFA World Cup and is an official partner of FIFA. She also supports many humanitarian and social programs.

Learning to drink Cola from childhood... The Coca-Cola Company has opened the Coca-Cola Museum in Atlanta, and admission is absolutely free for children. In such a simple way, the company from childhood gains the loyalty of its future customer.

It is these steps in the history of the development of Coca-Cola that made it the most popular and recognizable brand among carbonated drinks. And even despite the fact that the company itself produces many other world brands of soft drinks, such as Fanta, Sprite, Nestea, Schweppes, Pulpy, BonAqua and many others, it is the Coca-Cola brand that brings it the main income and fame.

Coca cola Is a carbonated soft drink that has been produced by The Coca-Cola Company since May 8, 1886. This is 2006-2010. (73.752 billion dollars). The history of the Coca Cola company dates back to Atlanta (USA). It was created by a former American Confederate Army officer, pharmacist John Stith Pemberton. The name of the legendary drink was invented by his accountant Frank Robinson, who calligraphically depicted the inscription Coca-Cola, and this type of logo still has.

Was like this: three parts of coca leaves for one part of tropical cola tree nuts. It was patented as a cure for nervous disorders. For the first time, it could be bought from a vending machine at Jacob's largest city drugstore in Atlanta. In addition, the creator of Coca-Cola claimed that it could cure impotence.

At first, only 9 people bought the novelty per day. And in the first year of sales, they managed to earn only $ 50. And the production of this drink took $ 70, that is, the business was unprofitable. But over time, the popularity of Coca-Cola increased along with the profits. In 1888, John Stith Pemberton sold the rights to produce his drink. And already in 1892, businessman Asa Griggs Candler, who bought them for $ 2300, founded The Coca-Cola Company, which is still afloat.

The history of the Coca Cola company

How Coca Cola developed

In 1902, with a turnover of 120 thousand, Coca-Cola managed to become the most popular drink in America. But in the late 1890s, society opposed cocaine, and in 1903 the New York Tribune published a scandalous article that Coca-Cola, which the bandits had drunk on, was to blame for the attacks of blacks from the slums on white people. That is why later in production it was necessary to replace fresh coca leaves with “pressed” ones that do not contain cocaine.

Coca Cola facts

Over the years, the demand for Coca-Cola has grown at an unrealistic rate. Already 50 years after its first debut, this drink managed to become almost a national symbol of the United States.

It is worth noting that since 1894 Coca-Cola has been sold in bottles, and since 1955 in cans.

• 1915 - Designer Earl R. Dean (Terre Haute, Indiana) redesigns the 6.5 oz bottle. He borrowed its shape from a cocoa fruit, and to make it stand better, an extension was made at the bottom. In the following years, a total of about six billion such bottles were produced.
• 1916 - 153 lawsuits were initiated against plagiarizing brands (Candy Cola, Fig Cola, Cold Cola, Koca Nola, Cay-Ola).
• 1955 - 10, 12, and 26 ounce bottles went on sale.
• 1982 - Diet Coke was introduced.
• 1988 - Coca-Cola entered the USSR market.

A little later, under pressure from competitors who produced their drinks without sugar and caffeine, the Coca-Cola company had to diversify its range.

Appeared on store shelves

How is coca cola made

• "New Coke",
• "Classic Coke",
• Cherry Coke
• "Caffeine-Free New Coke",
• "Caffeine-Free Tab",
• "Tab",
• "Caffeine-Free Diet Coke".

By the way, the main competitor of Coca-Cola to this day is another successful Pepsi-Cola company.

2007 - Coca-Cola presents its new 0.33 liter glass bottle. It has become wider by 0.1 mm and shorter by 13 mm. Its weight was only 210 grams, which is 20% less than its predecessor. These changes have significantly reduced the use of glass in manufacturing.

Coca Cola recipe

The exact formula of Coca-Cola's natural spices is unknown to ordinary consumers as it is a trade secret. The original copy of the formula is kept in the main vault at SunTrust Bank in Atlanta. There is a myth that the formula only affects two managers, each of whom has access to only half of the formula. But these are all just rumors, in fact, the recipe is known not only to the higher management, but also to the people who were directly involved in the preparation of the drink.

In 2009, the Turkish authorities and the St. Nicholas Foundation organized a trial due to the fact that food additives contain the dye carmine, an extract from female insects. This caused a scandal, since certain religions (Judaism, Islam) prohibit eating insects. But a little later, information appeared on the official website of Coca-Cola that denied the inclusion of carmine in the drink.

Health effects of Coca Cola

The negative effect of Coca-Cola on the body has not been officially established. It is only not recommended to use it for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, acute and chronic gastritis, stomach and duodenal ulcers, diseases of the pancreas, disorders of the biliary tract and other pathological processes. Diabetes patients should give up Coca-Cola, which contains sugar. In addition, an excess in the body of phosphoric acid, which contains Coca-Cola, sometimes causes calcium deficiency and urolithiasis.

How much is coca cola

Today in Russia the price for one bottle of 0.33 is around 20 rubles.

I bet you didn't know

• 1. Coca-Cola perfectly removes rust, removes scale in a teapot, plaque in a toilet bowl.
• 2. If you put Mentos pills in a bottle of low-calorie Coca-Cola, it will explode with a fountain.
• 3. Coca-Cola is the longest-running sponsor of the Olympic Games (since 1928).
• 4. In 1931, commissioned by the Coca-Cola Company, the Swedish artist Haddon Sandblom painted Santa Claus not as an old cheerful elf, but as a cheerful old man with a thick, gray beard and ruddy cheeks. Since then, this Santa has become a popular and beloved symbol of the Christmas and New Year holidays.
• 5.The pH of Coca-Cola is 2.8.

• - In 1989, Coca-Cola became the first foreign company to advertise its trademark in Moscow (on Pushkinskaya Square).
• - Above the World of Coca-Cola pavilion in Atlanta, there is a huge sign, which consists of 1407 ordinary and 1906 "linear" neon bulbs. Its height is 9 m, width - 8 and weight - 12.5 tons.
• - Back in 1904, the first outdoor Coca-Cola billboard was painted. He still takes his place in Cartersville, Georgia.

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Coca-Cola (eng. Coca-Cola) is one of the world's most popular carbonated soft drinks produced by The Coca-Cola Company.

This drink, beloved by many people, has been leading the popularity rating for over 100 years, and is sold in more than 200 countries around the world, but let's first look at how it all began ...

Coca-Cola history

The Coca-Cola drink was invented by the American pharmacist John Stith Pemberton (formerly an officer of the American Confederation Army) on May 8, 1886 in the USA (Atlanta, Georgia) as a medicinal syrup. However, there is a story that the inventor of the recipe for the world's most popular drink is a farmer who sold his recipe to John Stith for $ 250.

Having prepared the first Coca-Cola (caramel-colored syrup), John Stith Pemberton took it to the largest pharmacy "Jacobs". Coca-Cola, a remedy for nervous disorders, was sold in pharmacies at 200 ml and cost 5 cents. Only some time later, drugstore sellers began to mix syrup with carbonated water, after which Coca-Cola began to be carbonated and sold in vending machines.

The composition of real Coca-Cola consisted of cola nuts and leaves of coca bushes, containing the narcotic substance cocaine. At the time, cocaine was used in drinks instead of alcohol to enjoy the drink. But starting in 1903, cocaine was banned and the cola recipe was revised.

Along with Coca-Cola, independent trade marks Pepsi-Cola (USA) and Afri-Cola (Germany) emerged. Many other brands also appeared, but unlike Pepsi, they had to be closed after lawsuits. Here are some of them: Fig Cola, Candy Cola, Cold Cola, Cay-Ola and Koca Nola. Something was reminded of the fake Adidas sneakers in the 90s, which could be purchased at the Troeshchinsky market: Abibas, Adiads, and some of them even had 4 stripes each.

The ingredients of the most popular modern drink are a trade secret, the complete recipe, written by Pemberton's hand, is kept in a special safe, and only 2 people from the top management of the company have access to it and can open the safe only in the presence of each other. For the disclosure of components, employees are criminally responsible. We have only a general set of components available.

Classic Coca Cola Ingredients:

- potassium;
- calcium;
- sodium;
- phosphorus;
- magnesium;
- orthophosphate acid (E338);
- caffeine;
- carbon dioxide (E290);
- sugar;
- dye;
- flavors.

Calorie content of Coca-Cola

The calorie content of classic Coca-Cola is 42 kcal per 100 g.

A glass of Coca-Cola can improve the state of our body, but systematic use leads to detrimental consequences.

The harm of Coca-Cola with its constant use:

- an increase in blood pressure and a load on the heart muscle due to a high level of caffeine, therefore, if you have hypertension, then you should refrain from Coca-Cola;

- dangerous for the enamel of the teeth, due to the high content of acids (10 times higher than that of fruit juice);

- contributes to the destruction of the walls of the stomach, which can develop into gastritis, and then into an ulcer, also due to the high content of acids, therefore, if you have any diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, then you should refrain from drinking any carbonated drinks;

- promotes the leaching of calcium from bones due to phosphoric acid in the composition;

- increases the load on the liver due to the high sugar content, as a result, a huge amount of insulin is released into the blood.

Often it is indicated on a bottle of Coca-Cola that it does not contain sugar, and this is so, but instead of sugar, various sweeteners are added there, which are also harmful. They are often the cause of increased heart rate, fatigue, migraines and sometimes even depression.

Coca-Cola is contraindicated:

- small children;
- with hypertension;
- for any diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- if you are overweight;
- with diabetes mellitus.

Besides harm, Coca-Cola has a number, but that's another story 🙂.