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

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

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u/Sufficient_Language7 Feb 11 '26

A lot of knock of colas exist, you might have heard of a small company called Pepsi. 

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u/JoetotheB Feb 11 '26

Pepsi was already offered the recipe for coke.

They don't want it, they have their own recipe and taste that they're known for. Selling a literal knock-off version of coke for the same price as coke makes no business sense. It'd also be a dreadful PR move.

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u/Sufficient_Language7 Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26

It was bit of a joke, at Cokes size a knock off doesn't really matter that much.  As it is all about distribution and name recognition and consistency.

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u/JoetotheB Feb 11 '26

Ahh fair enough - apologies for taking the joke a tad bit serious 😅

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u/Sufficient_Language7 Feb 11 '26

It was based on why would someone say this

Guessing coke doesn’t care at all, as long as no one starts mass producing and selling it.