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"l, not -l" > wrote:
> On 15-Feb-2011, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>
>> I'm back. wrote:
>>>
>>> The secret recipe of Coke has been hidden and locked down for 125 years.
>>>
>>> But apparently, not anymore. This American Life says they've found the
>>> ingredients that make up the delicious bubbly cola and have revealed it
>>> to
>>> our delight.

>>
>> The recipe was published in a sort of biography of the Coca Cola
>> company. I read the biography back about 1998. It's been out for a
>> long time. In the book it's put simply - If you have a century and many
>> billions of dollars of marketing you may well be able to build a well
>> recognized brand using that recipe. After all, someone did exactly that
>> once before. Anyone have a few billion to spare?

>
> And what This American Life found was a newspaper article from 1979
> purporting to contain the original recipe. Finding a 32 year-old newspaper
> article doesn't sound as impressive. Regardless, it was an interesting
> show, just not an earth-shattering discovery.


My understanding there is a hidden ingredient that is not found on the soda
pop labels and that is SALT. The powers that be do not advertise this and
exempt from label laws in the US. Info from the lecture on "Sugar: The
bitter truth" on you tube.

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...&v=dBnniua6-oM

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