Interesting Coca-Cola Info
- Coke was the first soft drink in space- it was enjoyed by astronauts via a special “space-can” in July of 1985.
- It took 58 years to sell the first billion gallons of Coca-Cola syrup. Now they sell that much every 7.5 months.
- “Good To The Last Drop” was a slogan originally used by Coke, later becoming the Maxwell House Coffee slogan.
- The Coca-Cola trademark is recognized by 94% of the world’s population, making it the most recognizable on Earth.
- Every second, over 7,000 Coke products are consumed.
- Coca-Cola’s signature red color comes from when it was shipped in used whiskey barrels- they were painted red as a distinctive mark and the color stuck!
- A Mexico City bottler produces more Coca-Cola than anyone, anywhere.
- More than 5 billion bottles of Coke were consumed by military personnel during WWII. (At the start of the war, the sugar used in the syrup for civilian consumption was restricted down to 50% due to rationing. This lasted through Aug. 1947.)
- Coca-Cola has been associated with the Olympic Games since the summer of 1928.
- In the 1880s, Coca-Cola’s original formula was sold as a medicine for headaches and other ills, and did actually contain traces of cocaine. By 1903 the drug was so controversial that the company starting using only “spent coca leaves” and stopped advertising Coke as a cure for ails.
- By the 1950s, service stations were selling more Coca-Cola than motor oil.
- The first batch of Coca-Cola was mixed in a 30 gallon brass kettle hung over the backyard fire of “Dr.” John Pemberton.
- The story goes that in November of 1886, a (drunken) John G. Wilkes walked into a drugstore with a headache and requested a bottle of Coca-Cola syrup. To get instant relief, he asked the soda jerk to mix up a glass on the spot. Rather than walk to the other end of the counter to mix it with cold tap water, the clerk suggested using soda water. Wilkes remarked it tasted really great, and soon Coca-Cola was a fizzy, carbonated drink.
- In 1916, Coca-Cola’s slogan was “It’s fun to be thirsty when you can get a Coca-Cola!”. In 1932 it was “Ice-cold Sunshine!”. 1933: “Don’t wear a tired, thirsty face!”
- Standard colas are flavored with orange, lemon, and lime behind the signature vanilla, coca, and kola tastes. Coke is more orange based, while Pepsi contains more lemon. Also, the sugar and carbonation differ with Pepsi ending up a little sweeter and a little flatter than Coke.
- Coca-Cola was once forced to remove an advertising poster because there was a risqué image hidden within it.
- Coca-Cola was once branded as anti-semitic for refusing to do business in Israel.
- Only one Coke plant company wide (in New Jersey) has the necessary DEA-required permit to import and ‘decocainize’ coca leaves to produce the flavor required for Coca-Cola.
- In addition to its citrus oils, Coke also contains oils of coriander, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
- Citrate Caffein in your Coke is what they call the ingredient that comes from the kola nut (which is where we get ’cola’!).
This information came mostly from retired/outdated blogs that I found online. If you are the original author, contact me.
