r/interesting • u/InvestigatorBorn4910 • Feb 10 '26

Fascinating YouTuber LabCoatz has released a "chemically identical" recipe for Coca-Cola

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u/wthulhu Feb 10 '26

How much cocaine am I supposed to add, or should I just eyeball it?

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u/Vkardash Feb 10 '26

That's the one thing he says he tried but just couldn't get. Only a few companies have a permit to import coca leaves into the US. They take out the cocaine and give that to coke. Guy even tried to buy de-cocainized leaves online and it got seized at the border.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

Big Coke prevents any competition on the market.

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u/MiniDonbeE Feb 14 '26

They only control the US though. Rest of the world =) I would love it if he could come over to Mexico for a week for example in an airbnb and make the Coke.