Anyone want to know what the flavour of coke is?

[Gav]

ust read an interesting article in New Scientist and wondered how many of you were of this particualr topic. Check out the article on Open Cola (copyleft licensing) at the New Scientist website:

<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/copyleft/copyleftart.txt" target="_blank">www.newscientist.com/hottopics/copyleft/copyleftart.txt</a>

I've seen stuff like this before (notably articles about Linux) but the article lists some interesting interpretations of the copyleft idea - Openlaw, OpenCola etc..

Has anyone tried OpenCola? Has anyone made any 'suggestions'? i'm just curious.

[A Rud]

cOKE TASTES LIKE COKE, ¿REMEMBER?

[lochinvar]

A Rud:

The formula for Coca-Cola has never been patented. It is the longest and best-kept trade secret in marketing history. No one has ever been able to replicate it.

Hence the curiosity as to exactly what makes Coke taste like Coke. Nobody knows except the Coca-Cola people--and they aren't telling.

[I see dead people]

The US Supreme Court says you can't have a patent for taste or flavor.

That's why Coke Cola hasn't filed for one.

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[Stryder]

If they patented their recipe it would be viewable by the public.

[Gav]

Erm I didn't think anyone had read this post. It was the topic (copyleft) that really interested me, not necessarily the flavour of Open Cola. However it tastes *cough* very similair (or so I'm told).

When no-one replied I thought I was being TOO geeky.

[servdragoon]

<<The formula for Coca-Cola has never been patented. It is the longest and best-kept trade secret in marketing history.>>

The secret ingredient is Benezene, a slighty less radioactive ingredient that Uranium.

[Gav]

Benzene isn't radioactive - just highly toxic.

[robbie]

A little late coming into this topic ...

Did you know that Coke and Pepsi are required by the Dept. of Transportation to have a Hazardous Materials placard on their transporting vehicles when they are transporting the syrup plain?

It's listed under the HAZMAT guidelines as a corrosive material.

FYI.

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[I see dead people]

gee I'll never drink cola again.

[Scaramouche]

So does that mean the more Coke you drink, the more your insides get corroded? <img src="graemlins/dunce.gif" border="0" alt="[Dunce]" />

[Iwant2bafencer]

Statistics show that if you drink a certain amount of coke it will Very slowly eat away your insides. Some scientists tried it on a steak. A friend told me that, and I'm not entirely sure of its factuality.

Tip of the Day: To remove oil stains from your drivway, pour coke on it. (Truth)

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Carpe Diem

[its_me_mango]

For your information:
COLA is Cost of Lunging Adjustment [one meter back please]
The flavoring used in Coke-a-cola is vanilla and carmelized sugars, wrapped up in a root beer base. it is highly costly, but i think the patent has run out, but is kept very very secret, and no one can figure it out.

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[Fencing Angel]

so that kinda brings up the question of who did you have to kill to get that info. mango??

Hmm????
<img src="graemlins/fett.gif" border="0" alt="[The Fett]" />

[Event Horizon]

Coke was never the same againg after the changed it to new coke and reverted back. I think they screwed up the formula or something. Although, everytime I have one I always have a smile.
Even with the messed-up formula it's better than Pepsi, that's for sure.

[kms]

I seem to recall this being mentioned somewhere else, but: when they switched to New Coke they stopped using proper cane sugar and went over to corn syrup as their sweetening. Upon the return to "Coke Classic" they changed everything back except the corn syrup, which was much cheaper than the cane sugar.

Or at least so my informants tell me.

Interestingly, in Europe corn syrup is not cheaper, so many places here you apparently get Coke with proper sugar, explaining why it often tastes better overseas (ironically enough) than in the states.

Unless, of course, this is all just total bunk. <img src="graemlins/jester.gif" border="0" alt="[Jester]" /> It's not like I've run chemical tests or anything.

[three_hundred_fifty_five]

[quote]Originally posted by Scaramouche:
<strong>So does that mean the more Coke you drink, the more your insides get corroded? <img src="graemlins/dunce.gif" border="0" alt="[Dunce]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>

<img src="graemlins/jawa.gif" border="0" alt="[Jawa]" /> The answer is no you silly goose.