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  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Yeah Coca Cola was originally a “nerve tonic”. Coca leaves/extract were a regular ingredient of medicines, tonics, and even toothpaste.

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      5 months ago

      Coca cola to this day still uses ‘vegetable extract’. What is the secret ingredient?

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          5 months ago

          It’s actually not quite an exception, because cocaine is a Schedule II drug (can be prescribed as a vasoconstrictor or topical anesthetic) and the Maywood plant is the only facility licensed to produce pharmaceutical grade cocaine in the US.

          So the coca leaf extract they sell to Coca-Cola is technically a byproduct.