The "Original Formula" stamp on Coca Cola cans...

[OREOSpeedwagon]

If it's really the original formula shouldn't it have traces of cocaine in it? This is BS

 

[PatboyX]

hey lawyer, lawyer...hey lawyer,lawyer SUE SUE LAWYER SUE!

 

[InverseOfNeo]

I was wondering the same thing the other day.

 

[Eli]

They still use "cocoa leaf extract", whatever that is.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

its not cocaine though :|

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

If it really were cocaine, I would buy craploads, let it all evaporate, bleach the remains, then sell it for millions.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
If it really were cocaine, I would buy craploads, let it all evaporate, bleach the remains, then sell it for millions.

...why not just sell baking soda? Even if it were cocaine, bleached dehydrated coke (aka sugar) won't get you all that high.

 

[QueHuong]

I think I read on the coca cola site that cocaine being used was just a myth. Actually, I'm pretty sure I read that.

 

[Pacfanweb]

There hasn't been any cocaine in Coke in any of our lifetimes, if it was even true in the past.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: MindStorm
I think I read on the coca cola site that cocaine being used was just a myth. Actually, I'm pretty sure I read that.

Wrong.

 

[Imdmn04]

A coke representative came to my school back in the day, and we asked him about the cocaine.
He said it was acutally true, but u need to have a truck load of coke to even detect the slightest amount.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

The current Coke is not the same as the Coke that preceded New Coke in the mid '80s. They used to use sugar but now use corn syrup. It doesn't taste the same as when I was a kid.

 

[Pacfanweb]

How much cocaine was in that "mere trace" is impossible to say, but we do know that by 1902 it was as little as 1/400 of a grain of cocaine per ounce of syrup. Coca-Cola didn't become completely cocaine-free until 1929, but there scarcely any of the drug left in the drink by then:

Link

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: MindStorm
I think I read on the coca cola site that cocaine being used was just a myth. Actually, I'm pretty sure I read that.

What?

If you read that, it definately wasn't on Coca Cola's own site.

Unless it's some bizzare PR thing. Regardless, that is certainly not true.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
The current Coke is not the same as the Coke that preceded New Coke in the mid '80s. They used to use sugar but now use corn syrup. It doesn't taste the same as when I was a kid.

You got that right. Coke is much more "harsh" or acidic tasting than when I was a kid.

 

[psydancerqt]

i asked hank on the coca cola website: http://www2.coca-cola.com/contactus/myths_rumors/ingredients.html - under ask coca cola

and he said "Coca-Cola does not contain cocaine or any other harmful substance, and cocaine has never been an added ingredient for Coca-Cola."

 

[CubicZirconia]

As far as the cocaine goes, you have to understand that having cocaine (or an opiate or other hard drug) in a drink wasn't a big deal at the turn of the century. "Patent Medicines," were very popular at the time and often contained large amounts of cocaine.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: psydancerqt
i asked hank on the coca cola website: http://www2.coca-cola.com/contactus/myths_rumors/ingredients.html - under ask coca cola

and he said "Coca-Cola does not contain cocaine or any other harmful substance, and cocaine has never been an added ingredient for Coca-Cola."

He lied.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: psydancerqt
i asked hank on the coca cola website: http://www2.coca-cola.com/contactus/myths_rumors/ingredients.html - under ask coca cola

and he said "Coca-Cola does not contain cocaine or any other harmful substance, and cocaine has never been an added ingredient for Coca-Cola."

He is either extremely ignorant about his employer, or simply lying out his ass.

You decide.

 

[psydancerqt]

hank = automatic response type thing... someone programmed him to give that answer when asked about cocaine.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: CubicZirconia
As far as the cocaine goes, you have to understand that having cocaine (or an opiate or other hard drug) in a drink wasn't a big deal at the turn of the century. "Patent Medicines," were very popular at the time and often contained large amounts of cocaine.

Yep, dead on.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: psydancerqt
hank = automatic response type thing... someone programmed him to give that answer when asked about cocaine.

And Hank is FOS.

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: psydancerqt

and he said "Coca-Cola does not contain cocaine or any other harmful substance, and cocaine has never been an added ingredient for Coca-Cola."

Yes, Cocaine has never been added, but it was a part of the coca leaf used.

 

[Mill]

Snopes.

 

[TonyG]

I don't know about Coca Cola, but I got to try some Dr. Pepper made with imperial cane sugar today, and it really did taste better/smoother then the corn sugar they use in it now. Not sure where my freind got it, but it was in 12 ounce bottles, and he said it was like $3.50 a 6 pack.