It was an American chemist, John Pemberton, who invented the precise ingredients of Coca Cola in 1886. Since then and for many generations until recently, the formula has been kept a closely-guarded secret, even to top level executives of the soft drink giant. <\/p>\n
Some 20 years ago, this writer met a chemical engineer in the Philippines who was a senior executive of Coca Cola Extract Corporation. He is Dr. Eduardo Magtoto Jr.<\/strong> who happened to be a first cousin of my wife. He was rumoured to be the only person in Coca Cola Philippines who knew the secret formula. When I asked him about it, he politely changed the topic and walked away. I figured that he was bound to secrecy by his employment contract.<\/p>\n A popular belief is that only two Coca Cola executives know the formula but each of them know only half of it. Years later, it turned out to be a myth. The only official written copy is supposedly held in a U.S. bank vault and only two company employees at any one time are said to know the whole formula that gives the drink its unique flavour. <\/p>\n Today, 126 years after the drink was invented by Pemberton, the list of ingredients can be found in the website The recipe: The secret 7X flavor (use 2 oz of flavor to 5 gals syrup): Using the above recipe, those among our readers might want to try making their own Coca Cola. I haven’t tried it. I am no cook nor chemist. But I have asked my wife to subject me to a taste test. <\/p>\n Blindfolded, I asked her to pour Coke in one glass and in another glass the same quantity of Pepsi. I couldn’t identify which is which. Maybe there is something wrong with my taste buds but to me, both drinks taste exactly the same. Try it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was an American chemist, John Pemberton, who invented the precise ingredients of Coca Cola in 1886. Since then and for many generations until recently, the formula has been kept a closely-guarded secret, even to top level executives of the soft drink giant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe website shows a photograph of the recipe which is claimed to be an exact duplicate of what was invented by John Pemberton. <\/p>\n
\nFluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP
\nCitric acid: 3 oz
\nCaffeine: 1 oz
\nSugar: 30 (unclear quantity)
\nWater: 2.5 gal
\nLime juice: 2 pints, 1 quart
\nVanilla: 1 oz
\nCaramel: 1.5 oz or more for color<\/p>\n
\nAlcohol: 8 oz
\nOrange oil: 20 drops
\nLemon oil: 30 drops
\nNutmeg oil: 10 drops
\nCoriander: 5 drops
\nNeroli: 10 drops
\nCinnamon: 10 drops<\/p>\n