33 pointsby HansVanEijsden21 hours ago7 comments
  • lurn_mor17 hours ago
    Quite informative, and a laundry list of flavor names/chemicals that sound far more dangerous than they taste. Interesting find is vinegar, which might have offered a small germ-fighting benefit and given Coca Cola the 'medical' qualities it initially sold for...
  • 1970-01-0119 hours ago
    Perfect meaning tasters would be initially fooled, but would correct themselves and note that the tastes were slightly different in A/B testing. The formula wasn't cracked it was emulated to a high degree of accuracy.
    • Suppafly9 hours ago
      I didn't watch the video, but assuming they used a mass spectrometer, the end result will be identical to the real thing, anyone tasting otherwise is deluding themselves.
  • anishgupta20 hours ago
    I didn't see the full video, but in a nutshell its quite some effort. For a person who has a bad tastebud like me, every dark colored carbonated drink tastes almost the same to me :(
    • glemion4320 hours ago
      You are not missing anything though.

      Just a lot of sugar

  • 0cf8612b2e1e17 hours ago
    Now I am wondering are there any industrial processes that use a common commercial product as a standard?

    Coke, Guinness, etc all probably have exquisite quality control. Is it in the manual of any equipment, “congratulations on your new FooBar pH meter. To confirm the correct operation, a CokeCola should give a reading of X”

  • richardatlarge20 hours ago
    It would be interesting to know more about how it's actually manufactured and whether he has ideas about why the classic formula was changed -- maybe something to do with the cost of one of the steps, which the video suggests could be true, as it's damn complicated
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  • hulitu8 hours ago
    > Perfectly Replicating Coca Cola

    Which version ? In EU it tastes different in almost every country.

    • a_paddy4 hours ago
      The concentrate is produced by Ballina Beverages, then regional bottlers add the bulk ingredients like sugar and water. Hence every version being a little different.