30 secrets on Coca-Cola, you never knew
The emblematic brand is much more than the only best-selling drink.
Is there a brand that is more rooted in American life than Coca-Cola? Coke is the perfect drink to complete your popcorn at cinema cinema,This is a part of the meals combined with catering chains, and it's just fun to drink. If you can not have enough of the classica soda, you will love these 30Coca-Cola facts. They will make your next bottle of coke even more fun.
Originally created in 1886, Coca-Cola has crossed many ups and downs over the years. But the coke recipe remained largely the same, except for the poorly appreciated drilling of the brand in "New Coke". The company has also added many other drinks to its name, including things like diet coke, as well as acquisitions such as the youthful mini family family.
And while it will probably be a preferred drink for years to come, coke fans do more than simply sip it on the ice. Recipes like chicken cola andCake-cola cake have fashioned new ways to use the sweet and sparkling nature of coke. However, you like it, Coke is a single product here to stay. So, make a drink and dive into the history of the brand.
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The logo is red due to old tax laws
John Stith Pemberton, who created Coke in 1886, originallyinvoiced soda as a "temperance" drinkor an alternative to alcohol. And because alcohol was strongly imposed on the 19th century, Coca-Cola wanted to make sure that its (non-alcoholic) drink was not subject to these taxes.
"We started painting our barrels in red so that tax agents can distinguish them from alcohol during transportation",Coca-Cola spokesman told the company insider. The bright color is always an easy way for fans to recognize the cans and bottles of coke today.
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The design of the iconic bottle has been created to help Cocale exit its competitors
AsCoca-Cola explains on its websiteThere were a lot of impudencers of sodas who were trying to cash the rename of coke in the early 1900s. (Some of them also had serious fun names, like Koka-Nola and Toka-Cola. So, In 1915, Coca-Cola Bottling Association administrators asked for glass bottles companies to design a "bottle if separate as you recognize it. by the sensation in the dark or broken on the ground. "
The winning company, the root glass company, created the verte bottle now emblematic. With the ridges on each bottle and the Coca-Cola logo in relief, the design put the soda outside its competitors. Nowadays, you are more likely to find coca in a plastic bottle or a box, but you can always find glass bottles to some retailers.
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The coke really contains cocaine at a given moment
It's not just a viral legend-The New York Times confirmed it in an article by 1996 This included comments from a coca-cola spokesman.
Everything returns to the Coca factory, that cocaine comes, theTimes Explain. While coke contained real cocaine at the end of the 19th century, when he was invented for the first time, he now includes a "non-narcotic extract" derived from the Coca plant.
"The ingredients of the coca sheet are used, but there is no cocaine and it is too supervised by the regulatory authorities," said a spokesman for Coca-Cola at theTimes In 1996. Nevertheless, the document confirmed that this was not the case in the first days of Coke.
As history.com emphasizes, however,Cocaine and other drugs were not illegal before 1914. So, while the idea of drinking in the soda seems pretty stranger now, it was not as bizarre at the time.
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Coca-Cola has invented the six pack
While the term "six pack" tends to spark beer images nowadays, it was originally a way to buy and transport several bottles of coke. According to the company's website, Coca-Cola invented the six pack in 1923.
The company has helped popularize open coolers
If you have packed a tub of soda or beer in a cooler for a day's day or a day of beach, you have Coca-Cola to thank. WhileThe metal buckets had been used to hold water For years, Coca-Cola has contributed to the modernization of the cooler.
On aPDF of the company, Coca-Cola debuted "the first standardized cooler" in 1929. The rolling metal inventory held up to 72 bottles of coke, promising to keep them cool.
Coca-Cola finished later Industrial Designer Raymond Loewy in the 1940s, andHe helped create a more portable version of the cooler. The designer has even thought to put a bottle bottle on the cooler, which facilitates the drink from the part.
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Coca-Cola is at least partially responsible for Santa Claus that you know him
When you imagine Santa Claus, is it an older man dodued and bearded red? You can thank Coca-Cola for this image, at least in part. In 1931, the company hired Haddon Sundblom to paint images of Santa Holding Coke bottles. According to Coca-Cola, these images helped "create the modern interpretation of Saint Nick".
The Coca-Cola recipe is kept in a secure vault
You can not see the recipe itself, but you can see where it is kept. In the world of the Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta, you can visitThe vault of the secret formula, where the recipe is held.
Before that (well, the vault) was exposed to the museum, the recipe was in a vault in an Atlanta bank. Coca-Cola is literally literally keeping its signature formula under lock and key.
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Coke was the first product presented on aTime magazine cover
In 1950,Time Featured a cover illustration This showed the drinking land of a bottle of coke. The illustration shows how popular coke became. But according to society, the illustration was not what the magazine originally wanted.
"The magazine wants to have a picture of Robert Woodruff on the cover, but he refuses, indicating that the product is the only important element of society," Coca-Cola explained in aPDF on its history. The intuition of Woodruff seems to have paid; The cover is definitely memorable.
The Barlash at the new coke was fast
Strange things The fans were delighted to try the new coke when the company re-published last summer in partnership with the Netflix series of 80s-set. But when the new coke struck the scene in 1985, consumers were not satisfied with the new Soda formula. In fact, it had been on sale for 79 days before the company brought back "Coca-Cola Classic" to soothe the fans.
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Bears Coca-Cola were only since the 90s
It is difficult to think of coke without its vacation advertising and polar cans in special edition. But the bears are not synonymous with the brand in 1993 when Coca-Cola has published its "Northern Lights" advertising. Polar bears are part of Coke's holiday campaigns since.
Coke was the first soda in space
In 1985, astronauts drank coke on the Challenger spatial shuttle. This marked the first consumption of soft drinks in space, according to society.
(One thing you will not find on the missions of astronauts, however, is the ice of the astronaut. He has never been in space, partly becauseIts crumbs could pose security risks.)
Coca-Cola previously thought of the soda could replace your morning coffee.
In the late 1980s, the company's campaign "Coke The Morning" "urged people to replace their morning coffee with a coke,The New York Times reported in 1988.
And while drinking sodas that may seem weird, it was more common at that time you do not expect. Citing Coca-Cola figures, theTimes reported that 12% of non-alcoholic beverage sales included "morning consumption". The advertising campaign may not lead the fans of coffee to completely abandon their morning java, but it put a new rotation on drinking soda.
A pharmacist has invented Coke - and it was announced as having medical properties
John Stith Pemberton, Pharmacist in Atlanta, created Coke in 1886, as we mentioned above. But the first ads for the soda have suggested having medical benefits for consumers. AEarly advertising Facilitate soda as "a cure for all nerve affections", including hysteria. Yes, it's probably not something modern doctor agree with.
The original coke bottle got its shape of a cocoa bean but there is no cocoa in the soda
Remember howCoca-Cola has created its unique bottle stand out from competition? Well, previous bottle designs could have causing a lot of confusion. As society explains, its designers have been inspired by "an illustration of a cocoa bean", with ridges and round shape. But at the time, the coke was made with trace ingredients of the Coca plant, not from the cocoa plant. Whether or not it was in fact a mistake, it's still funny enough.
A coke employee once has a prison sentence to try to sell secrets in Pepsi
It might look like something coming out of a television drama, but it really happened. In 2007, the former secretary of Coca-Cola, Joya Williams, received a sentence of eight years in prison to try to sell corporate secrets at the Rivale Soda Maker Pepsi.
Williams tried to send "Confidential Documents and" Coke "product samples to Pepsi,The associated press reported at the time.
As AP reported, Pepsi went to the FBI rather than accepting commercial secrets. A coverage survey led to charges for Williams and two co-accused.
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There was once a white coke, for a very specific reason
As the story happens, General Russian Georgy Zhukov, who fought in the First World War and the Second World War, had a weakness for coke. Not wanting his Russian colleagues see him to drink American coke, he personally asked the company a discreet version,Atlas obscura Explain. Coca-Cola has accompanied the plan, creating a "white coke" in clear bottles for Zhukov to enjoy.
Mexico is the world's best consumer of coke products
A 2013 PDF on the Coca-Cola websiteMet Mexico at the front of its consumer numbers. The average person of Mexico drinks 745 coke portions per year, according to the graph; In the United States, this number is 401. This includes all products of Coca-Cola, not just sodas, but it's always a huge figure.
Coca-Cola has invented coupons
You may have heard that the first portions of coke were released for free, but did you know that there was a science behind it? AsCable reportedCoke has become popular at the end of the 19th century in part thanks to "tickets" that can be exchanged for free portions. They were not very different coupons use today.
Coca-Cola has already tried his hand to "drinking advertising"
In 2015,Coca-Cola has created ads This has allowed viewers to use Shazam Music Service for free Coke Zeros at local retailers.
The same year, Coca-Cola also created a Zero coke display panel at the NCAA final event in Indianapolis. The "taste" sign included a zero coke tube that fans could sample, from the billboard. It's a way to introduce people to your product.
Coca-Cola holiday cans have hidden images on them
Of course, you know the adorable polar bear of Coca-Cola. But the company actually likes to hide other images in the cute illustrations. Watch this Coca-Cola 2017 holiday festival, for example. The nose of the bears offer bottles of white coke and their eyes are in the form of bottle caps upside down.
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The typography of Coca-Cola is marked
You will not see other logos with the Coca-Cola font, and it's not an accident. In 1893, the company registered theBrand brand for "Spencerian Script" with the US patent office.
Coca-Cola is one of the longest sponsors of the Olympic Games
Coca-Cola sponsored the Olympic Games Since 1928. Of course, coke is not the most moisturizing option for athletes during a workout, but the fans and the Olympians have enjoyed Coke for decades, thanks to this partnership.
Coke can be used as a bugshift repellent
No, we do not want to say that you should put yourself in soda before going outside. But insects are attracted to sugar and you can use this to your advantage. Define a Coca (or any other sweet drink), at a healthy distance from where you eat, could draw insects to the soda and far from you.
People swear using recipe coke, too
Cola chicken is a popular dish, just like cake-cola cake. It's basically a Fudgy chocolate cake, but with the sweet taste of coca added to the mixture.
Fanta came path before diet coke
You could assume that when Coca-Cola began to take back to other drinks, Coke Diet would have been a natural fit. But Fanta Orange was introduced in Italy in 1955 and the United States in 1960, the company notes on its website. Even Sprite hit the Soda scene early enough in the game, making his debut in 1961. Cola de Plan, meanwhile, was introduced in 1982.
Another thing that came before regime coke? The acquisition of the Corporation Minute Room, which occurred in 1960.
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Diet Coke was not the first soda of the company's regime
Yes, there were decades between fanta liberation and regime coke. But Coca-Cola is actually registered in the game Diet Soda in 1963. tab, which was announced as having "a single calorie", was launched that year. When Diet Coke was launched, the company used a single phrase "a single calorie" similar to sell the new product.
Coca-Cola once ran a promotion seriously gross gifts
Coke's "magicans" were not so magic at all. It's hard to explain this 1990 promotion because it's so strange, but basically, Coke sold cans that were not really filled with soda.
Coca-Cola wanted to organize a promotion in which some cans detained money or coupons, instead of coke. But he also wanted to discourage users to lift them and determine that clearer cans contain prices. So, instead of filling the cans with coke, they filled them with water combined with a "chlorine and ammonium sulphate odor-odor", "The New York Times reported.
The "nauseated odor" was supposed to prevent people from drinking them, but some of course did anyway. Lesson learned: Do not put something in a drink container if you do not want people to drink.
North Korea is one of the only places where you can not buy or sell coke (at least officially)
In 2017, theRelated press reported Cuba and North Korea are the only countries in which Coca-Cola "do not formally explain". Nevertheless, the Outlet stressed that there are many coke blows for sale in North Korea. And the imported coke from China is making a path in "high-end grocery stores" in some parts of the country, noted AP. When we want we can.
St. John The Baptist Church in Mexico uses Coke in religious services
Known the case closely"Coca-Cola Church,"St. John The Baptist uses Coca-Cola during religious ceremonies. (Really!) The benefits of the company reported that the disciples of the Church think that burning "purges the soul pain". And what better way to induce curved than drinking soda?
Some people swear by drinking "milk coke"
Of course, you have heard of a float coke, but the milk coke? YesThis Twitter thread is an indication, it's a real thing. If you are looking for a creamy way to enjoy classic soda, it could worth trying.
Now that you know so many delicious facts about Coca-Cola, why not sit down and enjoy a glass of sweet sucks? He has maintained his popularity for a reason and history of the drink does all this much better.
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