YouTuber Claims to Have Discovered Coca-Cola's 'Secret' Recipe

A YouTuber claims to have accurately reproduced Coca-Cola's secret recipe, revealing that over 99% of the soft drink is sugar.

Coca-Cola has kept its recipe a secret for 139 years, storing it in a vault in Atlanta. YouTuber LabCoatz claims to have 'unlocked' it through reverse engineering, using mass spectrometry.

The final replica was judged almost identical to the original. Analysis showed that one liter contains approximately 110 grams of sugar, 96 mg of caffeine, 0.64 grams of phosphoric acid, and caramel coloring.

The remaining 1% includes compounds such as alpha-terpinene, limonene, cinnamaldehyde, sabinene, cedrene, fenchol, and acetic acid, as well as tannins from coca leaf extract (without cocaine, processed by Stepan Company).

The final version includes lemon and lime oils, minimal orange, tea tree oil, cassia cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander, and fenchol, creating the '7X flavoring'.