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History[edit]
Main article: Coca-Cola
In July 1886, pharmacist John Stith Pemberton from Columbus, Georgia invented the original Coca-
Cola drink, which was advertised as helpful in the relief of headache, to be placed primarily on sale
in drugstores as a medicinal beverage, Pemberton continued mixing experiments, and reached
during the month of May his goal, the new product as yet unnamed nor a carbonated drink, was
ready for the market and was made available for sale. [2] Pemberton's bookkeeper, Frank M.
Robinson, is credited with naming the product and creating its logo. [3] Robinson chose the name
Coca-Cola because of its two main ingredients (coca leaves and kola nuts) and because it sounded
like an alliteration. John Pemberton had taken a break and left Robinson to make and promote, as
well as sell Coca-Cola on his own. He promoted the drink with the limited budget that he had and
succeeded.[4]
In 1889, American businessman Asa G. Candler completed his purchase of the Coca-Cola formula
and brand from Pemberton's heirs.[citation needed] In 1892, the Coca-Cola Company was formally founded
in Atlanta by Candler. By 1895, Coca-Cola was being sold in every state in the union. [5] In 1919, the
company was sold to Ernest Woodruff's Trust Company of Georgia.[6]
Coca-Cola's first ad read "Coca Cola. Delicious! Refreshing! Exhilarating! Invigorating!" [4] Candler
was one of the first businessmen to use merchandising in his advertising strategy. [citation needed] As of
1948, Coca-Cola had claimed about 60% of its market share. [5] By 1984, The Coca-Cola Company's
market share decreased to 21.8% due to new competitors, namely Pepsi.[5]
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History[edit]
In 1927, San Miguel Corporation (then known as the original San Miguel Brewery, Inc.) became the
first international bottler of Coca-Cola. In 1981, San Miguel spun off its soft drink businesses to a
new company named Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI). The company was established
as a joint-venture between San Miguel Corporation (70%) and The Coca-Cola Company (30%).
Brands[edit]
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Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company.
Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the
late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton and was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler,
whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout
the 20th century.[1] The drink's name refers to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves, and kola
nuts (a source of caffeine). The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a trade secret; however, a
variety of reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published.
The Coca-Cola Company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers
throughout the world. The bottlers, who hold exclusive territory contracts with the company, produce
the finished product in cans and bottles from the concentrate, in combination with filtered water and
sweeteners. A typical 12-US-fluid-ounce (350 ml) can contains 38 grams (1.3 oz) of sugar (usually in
the form of high-fructose corn syrup). The bottlers then sell, distribute, and merchandise Coca-Cola
to retail stores, restaurants, and vending machines throughout the world. The Coca-Cola Company
also sells concentrate for soda fountains of major restaurants and foodservice distributors.
The Coca-Cola Company has on occasion introduced other cola drinks under the Coke name. The
most common of these is Diet Coke, along with others including Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke
Caffeine-Free, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Coca-Cola Cherry, Coca-Cola Vanilla, and special versions
with lemon, lime, and coffee. Coca-Cola was called Coca-Cola Classic from July 1985 to 2009, to
distinguish it from "New Coke". Based on Interbrand's "best global brand" study of 2015, Coca-Cola
was the world's third most valuable brand, after Apple and Google. [2] In 2013, Coke products were
sold in over 200 countries worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company
beverage servings each day.[3] Coca-Cola ranked No. 87 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest
United States corporations by total revenue. [4]
Production
Ingredients
Carbonated water
Sugar (sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) depending on country of origin)
Caffeine
Phosphoric acid
Caramel color (E150d)
Natural flavorings[57]
A typical can of Coca-Cola (12 fl ounces/355 ml) contains 38 grams of sugar (usually in the form of
HFCS),[58] 50 mg of sodium, 0 grams fat, 0 grams potassium, and 140 calories.[59] On May 5, 2014,
Coca-Cola said it is working to remove a controversial ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, from all
of its drinks.[60]
The exact formula of Coca-Cola's natural flavorings (but not its other ingredients, which are listed on
the side of the bottle or can) is a trade secret. The original copy of the formula was held in SunTrust
Bank's main vault in Atlanta for 86 years. Its predecessor, the Trust Company, was
the underwriter for the Coca-Cola Company's initial public offering in 1919. On December 8, 2011,
the original secret formula was moved from the vault at SunTrust Banks to a new vault containing
the formula which will be on display for visitors to its World of Coca-Cola museum in downtown
Atlanta.[61]
According to Snopes, a popular myth states that only two executives have access to the formula,
with each executive having only half the formula. [62] However, several sources state that while Coca-
Cola does have a rule restricting access to only two executives, each knows the entire formula and
others, in addition to the prescribed duo, have known the formulation process. [63]
On February 11, 2011, Ira Glass said on his PRI radio show, This American Life, that TAL staffers
had found a recipe in "Everett Beal's Recipe Book", reproduced in the February 28, 1979, issue
of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, that they believed was either Pemberton's original formula for
Coca-Cola, or a version that he made either before or after the product hit the market in 1886. The
formula basically matched the one found in Pemberton's diary.[64][65][66] Coca-Cola archivist Phil
Mooney acknowledged that the recipe "could. be a precursor" to the formula used in the original
1886 product, but emphasized that Pemberton's original formula is not the same as the one used in
the current product.[67]
When launched, Coca-Cola's two key ingredients were cocaine and caffeine. The cocaine was
derived from the coca leaf and the caffeine from kola nut (also spelled "cola nut" at the time), leading
to the name Coca-Cola.[68][69]
Coca leaf
Pemberton called for five ounces of coca leaf per gallon of syrup (approximately 37 g/L), a significant
dose; in 1891, Candler claimed his formula (altered extensively from Pemberton's original) contained
only a tenth of this amount. Coca-Cola once contained an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per
glass. (For comparison, a typical dose or "line" of cocaine is 50–75 mg.[70]) In 1903, it was removed.[71]
After 1904, instead of using fresh leaves, Coca-Cola started using "spent" leaves – the leftovers of
the cocaine-extraction process with trace levels of cocaine. [72] Since then, Coca-Cola has used a
cocaine-free coca leaf extract. Today, that extract is prepared at a Stepan Company plant
in Maywood, New Jersey, the only manufacturing plant authorized by the federal government to
import and process coca leaves, which it obtains from Peru and Bolivia. [73] Stepan Company extracts
cocaine from the coca leaves, which it then sells to Mallinckrodt, the only company in the United
States licensed to purify cocaine for medicinal use.[74]
Long after the syrup had ceased to contain any significant amount of cocaine, in the southeastern
U.S., "dope" remained a common colloquialism for Coca-Cola, and "dope-wagons" were trucks that
transported it.[75]
Kola nuts for caffeine
Kola nuts act as a flavoring and the original source of caffeine in Coca-Cola. Kola nuts contain about
2.0 to 3.5% caffeine, and has a bitter flavor.
In 1911, the U.S. government sued in United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola,
hoping to force the Coca-Cola Company to remove caffeine from its formula. The court found that
the syrup, when diluted as directed, would result in a beverage containing 1.21 grains (or 78.4 mg)
of caffeine per 8 US fluid ounces (240 ml) serving.[76] The case was decided in favor of the Coca-Cola
Company at the district court, but subsequently in 1912, the U.S. Pure Food and Drug Act was
amended, adding caffeine to the list of "habit-forming" and "deleterious" substances which must be
listed on a product's label. In 1913 the case was appealed to the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, where
the ruling was affirmed, but then appealed again in 1916 to the Supreme Court, where the
government effectively won as a new trial was ordered. The company then voluntarily reduced the
amount of caffeine in its product, and offered to pay the government's legal costs to settle and avoid
further litigation.
Coca-Cola contains 34 mg of caffeine per 12 fluid ounces (9.8 mg per 100 ml).[77]
Our Purpose:
Refresh the world. Make a difference.
Our Vision:
Our vision is to craft the brands and choice of drinks that people love, to refresh them in
body & spirit. And done in ways that create a more sustainable business and better
shared future that makes a difference in people’s lives, communities and our planet.
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international standard ISO 9001 and ISO 22000, as well as by our own Quality and
Food Safety policy and the global standards of The Coca-Cola Company.
production lines to identify and reject even the tiniest irregularity in our beverages.
The process
The production cycle starts with sugar, fruit juices, flavours and concentrate or beverage
base. The finished products will be packaged in PET or glass bottles, metal cans, bag in
box or kegs.
Water treatment
The water used in the production process is subjected to special treatments that ensure
the microbiological safety and the correct concentration of naturally dissolved salts, in
The syrup
The syrup is prepared in special tanks by dissolving sugar in the treated water, then
filtering the water to remove any impurities. Only after this, this “simple syrup” is mixed
with “concentrate” or the various “basic preparations” used for the various drinks, thus
will not alter their sensory characteristics during their shelf life.
the carbon dioxide that gives the product its characteristic effervescence.
The drink is then ready to be packaged: every hour, tens of thousands of perfectly clean
containers are filled, hermetically sealed, labelled, coded and tested in modern
automatic plants. The glass bottles are placed in boxes, while the nonreturnable glass
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Earlier today, Coca-Cola introduced “Taste the Feeling”, our first new global marketing
campaign in seven years. We invited Ted Ryan, director of Heritage Communications at
The Coca-Cola Company, to reflect on the taglines and creative campaigns that have
delighted consumers for more than a century.
Advertising slogans are a part of everyday life for consumers around the world, and
Coca-Cola has produced some great ones throughout our nearly 130-year history.
Our very first ad was published in the Atlanta Journal newspaper on May 29, 1886, a
few short weeks after the drink was first served in Jacobs’ Pharmacy. The ad featured
one of our longest-running slogans: “Delicious and Refreshing.” Those two words
appeared on almost every ad or piece of merchandise (trays, clocks, etc.) until 1920.
Our very first ad was published in the Atlanta Journal newspaper on May 29, 1886, a
few short weeks after the drink was first served in Jacobs’ Pharmacy. The ad featured
one of our longest-running slogans: “Delicious and Refreshing.”
To produce this enhanced advertising, Candler and Dobbs hired the D’Arcy agency
from St. Louis. D’Arcy was significant in helping to create a brand identity for Coca-
Cola. W.C. D’Arcy was associated with Coca-Colafor the next four decades (he even
served on the Board of Directors for a time) until his retirement in 1945.
Together with his creative director, Archie Lee, he crafted some of the greatest slogans
in advertising history. While “Delicious and Refreshing” was part of the plan D’Arcy’s
first big change was to add an arrow to all the advertising and packaging while adding
the slogan, “Whenever You See an Arrow, Think of Coca-Cola.”
Our longest-running tagline, “The Pause That Refreshes” (1929), was used in one form
or another for almost three decades.
In 1907 they added the slogans “Good to the Last Drop,” (yes, we beat Maxwell House
with this one) to the advertising. The team hit their stride by the 1920s when they
created the “Thirst Knows No Season” (1922) and our longest-running tagline, “The
Pause That Refreshes” (1929). That campaign was used in one form or another for
almost three decades.
Advertising began to change after World War II, when music and sung jingles played an
increasingly important role in campaigns. Slogans became shorter to fit into a catchy
melody.
By 1955, Coca-Cola began to look for another agency who specialised in the modern
radio and television advertising. In 1956, McCann Erickson was named the lead
worldwide advertising agency for Coca-Cola. The changes in advertising were
dramatic, and when the McGuire Sisters sang “Be Really Refreshed,” the company was
aligned with the times.
In 1963, Bill Backer, creative director for McCann, penned the jingle “Things Go Better
with Coke,” and had the Limeliters record a demo in a run-down apartment on 57th
Street in New York City.
In 1963, Bill Backer, creative director for McCann, penned the jingle “Things Go Better
with Coke,” and had the Limeliters record a demo in a run-down apartment on 57th
Street in New York City. Backer had to splice together several tapes, and you could still
hear several flaws in the recording. The company loved it and used that demo for the
next six years! Backer also developed the slogan, “It’s the Real Thing,” for which he and
his team wrote “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke” in 1971.
Animated ads have always been a staple of Coca-Cola advertising, and the “Coke Side
of Life” (2006) and “Open Happiness” (2009) campaigns featured some of the best the
company has ever produced, including “Grand Theft Auto,” “It’s Mine” and “Happiness
Factory.”
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