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Coca-Cola used coca leaf extract in its products from 1885 until about 1903, when it began using decocainized leaf extract. [9] [10] [11] Extraction of cocaine from coca requires several solvents and a chemical process known as an acid–base extraction, which can fairly easily extract the alkaloids from the plant.
Since then (by 1929 [80]), Coca-Cola has used a cocaine-free coca leaf extract. Today, that extract is prepared at a Stepan Company plant in Maywood, New Jersey, the only manufacturing plant authorized by the federal government to import and process coca leaves, which it obtains from Peru and Bolivia. [81]
Coca leaves have been used by Andean civilizations since ancient times. [30] In ancient Wari culture, [33] Inca culture, and through modern successor indigenous cultures of the Andes mountains, coca leaves are chewed, taken orally in the form of a tea, or alternatively, prepared in a sachet wrapped around alkaline burnt ashes, and held in the mouth against the inner cheek; it has traditionally ...
Today, the drink still contains coca, but no cocaine. As a company spokesperson told the New York Times in 1988, “Ingredients from the coca leaf are used, but there is no cocaine in it and it is ...
Since the early 2000s, the criticisms over the use of Coca-Cola products as well as the company itself, escalated with concerns over health effects, environmental issues, animal testing, economic business practices and employee issues. [155] The Coca-Cola Company has been faced with multiple lawsuits concerning these various criticisms. [156]
Coca-Cola is a popular beverage in many households, and the soft drink is consumed all over the world. ... USA TODAY Sports. 4 Nations Face-Off captains named for USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden ...
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, COKE on the stock market, is the largest in the U.S., selling soft drinks in 14 states and Washington, D.C. Which Investment Is Smarter: KO vs Coke Stock?
[32] [33] [34] Coca-Cola archivist Phil Mooney acknowledged that the recipe "could be a precursor" to the formula used in the original 1886 product, but emphasized that the original formula is not the same as the one used in the current product. [35] Fluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP; Citric acid: 3 oz; Caffeine: 1 oz; Sugar: 30 lbs; Water: 2. ...