In 1919, Ernest Woodruff led a group of investors in purchasing the company from Candler and his family. As collateral for the acquisition loan, Woodruff placed the only written copy of the formula in a vault at the Guaranty Trust Company of New York. In 1925, when the loan had been repaid, Woodruff relocated the written formula to the Trust Company Bank ( Truist Financial) in Atlanta. On December 8, 2011, the company placed it in a vault on the grounds of the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, with the vault on public display. [3] a b Rielly, Edward J. (August 7, 2003). Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond. Routledge. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-7890-1485-6.

Add 7⁄ 10oz (20g) glycerine (from vegetable source, not hog fat, so the drink can be sold to Jews and Muslims who observe their respective religion's dietary restrictions) and 3⁄ 10 drachm (0.53g) of vanilla extract. Greenwood, Veronique (September 23, 2016). "The little-known nut that gave Coca-Cola its name". www.bbc.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2020 . Retrieved January 21, 2023. a b Hamowy, Ronald (2007). Government and public health in America (illustrateded.). Edward Elgar Publishing. pp.140–141. ISBN 978-1-84542-911-9. Soft Drinks: I Gave My Love a Cherry Coke". Time. March 4, 1985. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008 . Retrieved April 30, 2010. Clifford, Stephanie (January 30, 2009). "Coca-Cola deleting "Classic" from Coke label". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015 . Retrieved June 10, 2015.

Extract the cocaine from 5⁄ 8 drachm (1.1g) of coca leaf ( Truxillo growth of coca preferred) with toluol; discard the cocaine extract.

Add 1oz (28g) lime juice (a former ingredient, evidently, that Coca-Cola now denies) or a substitute such as a water solution of citric acid and sodium citrate at lime-juice strength. Soak the coca leaves and kola nuts (both finely powdered); 1⁄ 5 drachm (0.35g) in 3⁄ 4oz (21g) of 20% alcohol. a b Howard, T Coke pops top on new colas USA Today. October 14, 2002. Retrieved September 22, 2006.Coca-Cola Taste Test: High Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Sugar". Huffpost. April 15, 2013. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013 . Retrieved May 14, 2013. Morran, Chris (October 7, 2010). "Coca Cola: We Don't Need To Make A Cane Sugar Version Because You Already Have Mexican Coke". Consumerist. Archived from the original on September 21, 2011 . Retrieved March 26, 2013. Pendergrast, Mark (2000). For God, Country and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company that Makes it (2nded.). Basic Books. pp.121–. ISBN 978-0-465-05468-8. Lee, Rensselaer W. III (1991). The White Labyrinth: Cocaine and Political Power. A Foreign Policy Research Institute book (reprinteded.). Transaction Publishers. pp.24–25. ISBN 9781560005650.

Lorjaroenphon, Yaowapa; Cadwallader, Keith R. (January 28, 2014). "Characterization of Typical Potent Odorants in Cola-Flavored Carbonated Beverages by Aroma Extract Dilution Analysis". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 63 (3): 769–775. doi: 10.1021/jf504953s. PMID 25528884. Mix caffeine, citric acid and lime juice in 1 quart boiling water add vanilla and flavoring when cool." United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola, the Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, 241U.S.265(U.S.May 22, 1916)("The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings in conformity with this opinion.").

Coca-Cola Moves its Secret Formula to The World of Coca-Cola" (Press release). The Coca-Cola Company. December 8, 2011. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013 . Retrieved December 19, 2011. The Coca-Cola Company's formula for Coca-Cola syrup, which bottlers combine with carbonated water to create the company's flagship cola soft drink, is a closely guarded trade secret. Company founder Asa Candler initiated the veil of secrecy that surrounds the formula in 1891 as a publicity, marketing, and intellectual property protection strategy. While several recipes, each purporting to be the authentic formula, have been published, the company maintains that the actual formula remains a secret, known only to a very few select (and anonymous) employees. D'Amato, Alfonsina; Fasoli, Elisa; Kravchuk, Alexander V.; Righetti, Pier Giorgio (April 1, 2011). "Going Nuts for Nuts? The Trace Proteome of a Cola Drink, as Detected via Combinatorial Peptide Ligand Libraries". Journal of Proteome Research. 10 (5): 2684–2686. doi: 10.1021/pr2001447. PMID 21452894. Coca-Cola inventor John Pemberton is said to have written this recipe in his diary shortly before his death in 1888. [29] [30] The recipe does not specify when or how the ingredients are mixed, nor the flavoring oil quantity units of measure (though it implies that the "Merchandise 7X" was mixed first). This was common in recipes at the time, as it was assumed that preparers knew the method. In the early 2000s, cane-sugar-sweetened Coca-Cola produced in Mexico began to appear in bodegas and Hispanic supermarkets in the Southwestern United States; in 2005, Costco began offering it. All were obtaining the Mexican product—which was not labeled in accordance with U.S. food labeling laws—outside the official Coca-Cola distribution network. [22] In 2009, the Coca-Cola Company began officially importing Coca-Cola produced in Mexico, with proper labeling, for distribution through official channels. [27] [28] Purported secret recipes [ edit ] Pemberton recipe [ edit ]