The Coca-Cola Recipe Is Revealed By 'This American Life'
Bottles of Coca-Cola are seen on the shelf. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Bottles of Coca-Cola are seen on the shelf.
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesOur public media friends at This American Life broke some pretty major news over the weekend. Coca Cola's recipe has been secret since 1886. The only official copy of the recipe is supposedly in a bank vault somewhere in the U.S.
Well, This American Life thinks they've hit the jackpot. In a 1979 article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, they found what appears to be a legitimate copy of the recipe. They spoke to Mark Pendergrast, author of For God, Country and Coca-Cola, who further assured them this looks just right.
Want to try it? Here's the ingredient list from TAL:
Fluid extract of coca
Citric acid
Caffeine
Sugar
Water
Lime juice
Vanilla
Caramel
Alcohol
Orange oil
Lemon oil
Nutmeg oil
Coriander oil
Neroli oil
Cinnamon oil
Wikipedia, by the way, has a list of purported recipes that look a lot like this ingredient list. Also, just a note that as of this posting the This American Life website is offline. We'll try and get you audio of the story as soon as the site comes back up.