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[5] [6] Coca leaves were used in Coca-Cola's preparation; the small amount of cocaine they contained – along with caffeine originally sourced from kola nuts – provided the drink's "tonic" quality. [6] [7] In 1903, cocaine was removed, leaving caffeine as the sole stimulant ingredient, and all medicinal claims were dropped.
Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor, manufactured by PepsiCo.As of 2023, Pepsi is the second most valuable soft drink brand worldwide behind Coca-Cola; [1] the two share a long-standing rivalry in what has been called the "cola wars".
In 1903, Coca-Cola had already stopped using spent coca leaves (which only carried trace amounts of cocaine) and had dropped the claim that it cured headaches. [1] But to compensate, the company had increased the amount of caffeine, and Wiley believed that even small amounts of caffeine in beverages was harmful to people. [ 2 ]
Perhaps chief among them is the often exaggerated claim that Coca-Cola had cocaine as one of its ingredients. In fact, this claim has persisted in modern times. ... Pepsi, 10 years ago would have ...
Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi can trace their origins back to the 1890s, and the two sodas seemed to be able to peacefully co-exist until nearly a century later. But in the 1980s, the companies began...
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a cola soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings each day. [1]
Coke and Pepsico are both obviously great businesses with incredible franchises. Warren Buffett famously purchased Coke in 1988. What would have happened had he purchased Pepsi instead?
At the time, cocaine was being promoted as a "cure" for opioid addiction, so he developed the beverage as a patent medicine in an effort to control his addiction. [ 3 ] In 1889, the formula and brand were sold for $2,300 (roughly $71,000 in 2022) to Asa Griggs Candler , who incorporated the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta , Georgia in 1892.