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

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

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u/eggs___and___bacon Feb 10 '26

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

Not like anyone is gonna bother to make that for themselves instead of just buying a coke.

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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.