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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]
Cultivation of coca plants is legal, and coca leaves are sold openly on markets. Similarly to Bolivia, chewing leaves and drinking coca tea are cultural practices. Possession of up to 2 grams of cocaine or up to 5 grams of coca paste is legal for personal use in Peru per Article 299 of the Peruvian Penal Code.
[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.
Coca-Cola was named as the world’s top plastic polluter for the sixth-consecutive year in 2023 by the environmental organization ... The Today Show. 300 dad jokes that'll leave you in stitches.
The magazine Forbes has labeled Coca-Cola as the world's most polluting brand. [164] The company's global chief executive stated that "Coca-Cola has no plans to reduce its use of plastic bottles" [159] and opposes bottle bill legislation, [165] as consumers prefer the plastic bottles that "reseal and are lightweight". They also contribute to ...
Within Bolivia, the world’s third-biggest producer of the coca leaf, and of cocaine, the ancient leaf has inspired spiritual rituals among Indigenous communities for generations — and more ...
Coca-Cola licensed its formula and packaging to bottling companies across the world. By 2020, the soft drink giant had 225 bottling partners in over 200 countries across the world, with 85% of ...