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Originally Posted by CaliNative
Did early Coca Cola actually have cocaine in it, or is that an urban myth?
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I thought I'd read that it was an urban myth (possibly Coca-Cola trying play it down), but a little googling suggests that it's true in that it contained an extract from the coca leaf. In 1903, this extract was removed from the recipe, and by 1929, all coca additives were removed. When they took out the coca, we got extra caffeine and sugar!
Some references:
Coca - museum.dea.gov
The History of Coca-Cola
Was/Is there cocaine in Coca-Cola?
As an aside,
€50m worth of cocaine was discovered in a French Coca-Cola plant back in 2016, but this was not destined for the beverage.