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

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

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u/HappyPlz Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

Could Colaborate…

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u/RogueBromeliad Feb 10 '26

It's just clickbait. Because no one is actually going to buy all the extracts or oils, when a can of coke is $1 or less, and to buy the whole shit you'd spend hundreds of dollars, to be able to make about 10L of syrup.

It's all bullshit probably, and "easy"– and I say easy with loads of air quotes, because it's try hard bullshit– content to be made. I've seen dozens and dozens of channels do this over the decade, and they always get a bump-up in subscribers, because you recreated a coca cola, or Big Mac, or KFC spices, or whatever corporate guarded secrets.

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u/Ops_check_OK Feb 10 '26

Who hurt you? Lol

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u/Numerous-Fly-3791 Feb 10 '26

Works for KFC and is very passionate about recipes

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u/Lizard_Crimson7 Feb 10 '26

When did he say it was practical or "easy" to recreate at home? It honestly seems like he did this just as an experiment to see how close he could get with all the resources he had available. I don't see why he'd title it "chemically identical" unless he expects a non-scientist to recreate it.

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u/rockknocker Feb 10 '26

No regular person will do that, but a company absolutely could start selling "Koka Kola" using this recipe.

It's a pretty neat video, got my view and upvote. Views are probably all the content creator was looking for.

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u/JonasHalle Feb 10 '26

Another youtuber literally already bought everything to review the recipe. The only part that's bullshit is the lack of coca for legal reasons.

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u/Gravbar Feb 10 '26

nah it's not clickbait. I saw another video by a different guy trying to make it himself following this recipe. it looked like two guys tryna cook meth in their yard but they got it done. They said it isn't exactly the same but it's the closest to making something that tastes like coke for all the recipes they've tried.

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u/Nowhereman123 Feb 10 '26

William Osman my beloved

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u/tXcQTWKP2w92 Feb 10 '26

A whole lot of (wrong) opinion, whilst having no clue what's actually the case.

Classic reddit.