Otter Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 So, apparently, this radio team hunted down a handwritten copy of the original recipe from 1974: Fluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP Citric acid: 3 oz Caffeine: 1 oz Sugar: 30 (unclear quantity) Water: 2.5 gal Lime juice: 2 pints, 1 quart Vanilla: 1 oz Caramel: 1.5 oz or more for color The secret 7X flavor (use 2 oz of flavor to 5 gals syrup): Alcohol: 8 oz Orange oil: 20 drops Lemon oil: 30 drops Nutmeg oil: 10 drops Coriander: 5 drops Neroli: 10 drops Cinnamon: 10 drops Source: http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/coca-colas-sec...-unearthed.html What do you guys think? Truth or elaborate hoax? Who's going to try to brew their own? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sivispacem Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I imagine that whatever alcohol they'd be using in it's production is denatured or no longer in the recipe. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) Apparently, it's actually not uncommon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink#Alcohol_content Edited February 16, 2011 by Otter Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sivispacem Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Apparently, it's actually not uncommon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink#Alcohol_content I can't be bothered to do the maths, but is 8oz in 5 gallons less than 0.05%? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy... Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I'm disappointed at the lack of cocaine. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Apparently, it's actually not uncommon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink#Alcohol_content I can't be bothered to do the maths, but is 8oz in 5 gallons less than 0.05%? Well, I can't quite figure out the recipe, really. You've got the flavoring and the syrop, it seems like. So while the flavoring seems to be about 80-90% alcohol (8 ounces in about 9-10 ounces of flavoring) you only put 2 ounces of that into 5 gallons of syrop. Which is certainly below .05. But then the question remains how, exactly, the alcohol works into the formula - is it left to evaporate at all? Does it alter the oils somehow to enhance the flavor? It's all weird science to me, but I love it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dice Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 What I've always wondered is how stuff like this passes all health check test thingies without anybody knowing what It actually contains. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dills Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Apparently, it's actually not uncommon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink#Alcohol_content I can't be bothered to do the maths, but is 8oz in 5 gallons less than 0.05%? Well, I can't quite figure out the recipe, really. You've got the flavoring and the syrop, it seems like. So while the flavoring seems to be about 80-90% alcohol (8 ounces in about 9-10 ounces of flavoring) you only put 2 ounces of that into 5 gallons of syrop. Which is certainly below .05. If the 100 or so drops of different things that go with the alcohol are roughly the same viscosity as water then they aren't that close to a fluid ounce in themselves so can essentially be ignored. This means there will about be 2oz. of alcohol in 640oz. (5 gallons) of syrup, that's about 0.3%, 6 times the legal limit for soft drinks. If this is the correct recipe then I'm not sure what sort of impact this will have. I'm sure Pepsi and other cola products can't be too far off in their recipes since they are quite similar most of the time. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
K^2 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 It's from 1974. Regs were different back then. Recipe has been changed a number of times since. They don't use sugar anymore. They use corn syrup. Citric acid has been replaced, at least in part, with phosphoric acid. Caramel is replaced with artificial coloring. Alcohol content is either at zero now, or much closer to zero than it was. Number of flavors in that list have replaced with artificial flavors. What impact this recipe will have? Some people will try to replicate it. That's about it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSiggi Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 What I've always wondered is how stuff like this passes all health check test thingies without anybody knowing what It actually contains. They know it but at least here the law says that concentrations of not hazardous ingredietns have to be listed if its concentration is less than 1%. Actually We have two kinds of alcohol free beer here: one is named aclohol free bt it also contains 0.07 % alcohol and the other one is titled 0.0 and shouldn't contain any alcohol although I bet theres still some in there Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emhyr Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 http://www.coca-colaconversations.com/ Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahmen Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 So whats up with Dr.pepper a recipe for that one? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyGrenadeFrenzy Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I'm disappointed at the lack of cocaine. That's there with the Coca. But, I laughed out loud at your response none the less. I thought this was a cocaine topic at first.....before the subtitle was even noticed. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060341999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonscott1976 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 i used to work for Coca-Cola. and i can tell you all with complete honesty...there is no recipe floating around for making Coke. there, i said it. the recipe is tightly secured...even tighter than trying to get into Ft. Knox...so much so that all the syrup comes to the plants in barrels from only a few select places throughout the country. when i was given my orientation....they took us on a tour of the bottling plant in Alexandria Virginia...they had armed guards that their sole job was to guard the barrels of syrup and keep people like me from peeking back behind the curtain where they had them stored....they carried Glock .40 cals. there is now recipe out there....you can try all you want, but you will never even get close. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060355073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 As a fan of Coca-Cola I would like to know, just how is this going to affect me? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060364671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam998 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I'm disappointed at the lack of cocaine. My thoughts exactly. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060369068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHCharls Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm disappointed at the lack of cocaine. i lol'd about this Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060369825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Speed. Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Who's going to try to brew their own? Just need a coca supplier and I'm all set. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060370090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
leik oh em jeez! Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 i used to work for Coca-Cola. and i can tell you all with complete honesty...there is no recipe floating around for making Coke. there, i said it. the recipe is tightly secured...even tighter than trying to get into Ft. Knox...so much so that all the syrup comes to the plants in barrels from only a few select places throughout the country. when i was given my orientation....they took us on a tour of the bottling plant in Alexandria Virginia...they had armed guards that their sole job was to guard the barrels of syrup and keep people like me from peeking back behind the curtain where they had them stored....they carried Glock .40 cals. there is now recipe out there....you can try all you want, but you will never even get close. Having worked at a company OR taken a tour, you would know no more of the possibility of a recipe being written down over 30 years ago than anyone else. Besides, why would the syrup need to be protected anymore than the final product? We've got small division of coke here in Wilmington. Not sure if it's bottling or just distribution, but there's certainly no armed guards. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060370642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardKoeleJuck Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Lol, I only realised it wasn't about cocaine when I was at like half of the page. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/469824-cokes-secret-recipe-unearthed/#findComment-1060372207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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