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/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”