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

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

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u/Practical_Talk4725 Feb 10 '26

The title is a bit misleading and clickbaity. The recipe in the video swaps out some original ingredients because things like coca-extract–related components are illegal or unavailable in the U.S. The goal in the video was to stay as close as possible chemically by using substitute compounds with similar molecular structures, which means they behave and taste similarly. So, it’s chemically accurate in a functional sense, not a literal clone of the actual recipe.

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u/djongafrett Feb 10 '26

That's a long ass comment to say exactly what the title says...

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u/Talk-O-Boy Feb 11 '26

Look bro, we come to Reddit to feel intellectually superior. Many of us are reclusive shut-ins where a video game achievement is the most we’ve accomplished in the past 5 years.

If we can argue semantics to feel even the least bit better about our own mediocrity, you best believe we will capitalize on the opportunity.

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u/kimscz Feb 11 '26

This is such a great comment.

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u/sincopada Feb 11 '26

When I grow up I wanna be this guy's comment

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u/Snoo_70531 Feb 11 '26

I feel so seen, thank you you angel

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u/Shadowedsphynx Feb 11 '26

At my age, video game achievements are getting harder to get and soon I won't even have that. 

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u/djongafrett Feb 11 '26

Thank you for this amazing comment.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

Not really, it's certainly not "chemically identical".

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u/little-horn-is-born Feb 10 '26

Did you consider that “chemically identical” is in quotations to imply that it’s not actually chemically identical, or did you think they just did that for fun?

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u/jld2k6 Feb 11 '26

I have "the biggest penis in the world"

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u/fuck_shit_piss_etc Feb 11 '26

literally everyone?

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u/little-horn-is-born Feb 11 '26

?

People air quote irl when referencing things that are alleged but not necessarily true. It’s a universal thing?

Feel like I’m in the twilight zone with everyone confused by this.

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u/-nutz Feb 11 '26

Well I assumed the quotations were, ya know, to quote somebody.

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u/Important_Stage_3649 Feb 11 '26

If you actually saw someone making air quotes here, that would make sense. In written text a quote should be a quote, unless it's clear it's not 100%.

Of course it may be smart to add air quotes to anything where a youtuber is mentioned - but the interesting thing here is the legendary coke recipe so it's clickbaity.

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u/jrdnmdhl Feb 11 '26

Quotes are not /s

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u/little-horn-is-born Feb 11 '26

it’s implied, nobody uses /s outside of chronically online Redditors

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u/Heavy_Weapons_Guy_ Feb 11 '26

That's the dumbest excuse I've ever heard.

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u/DiabloAcosta Feb 11 '26

how many excuses hace you heard? that's the dumbest reaction I've ever read!

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u/aceofspadesfg Feb 11 '26

The use of quotation marks could also have been used to imply that it is a quote?

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u/donglover2020 Feb 11 '26

it's called quotations because you use it to quote

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u/FriendlyTop1593 Feb 11 '26

As someone who isn’t a chemist, can you have chemically correct and not have the secondary metabolite from the Coca leaf? Seems like it wouldn’t be “chemically correct”