Timeline for Why is the recipe of Coca Cola still a secret?
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| Aug 9, 2014 at 23:06 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | Coca-Cola has slightly higher acidity than most soft drinks, and a vanilla component that I haven't found in any other cola. I really don't care much one way or the other - I like Coke, but I like Pepsi and RC and whatever too. (Especially Pepsi Throwback - real sugar! Yummmmmmm!! :-) | |
| Aug 9, 2014 at 20:00 | comment | added | Greg | @vsz No, it is incorrect. No IP protects Coca-Cola recipe, but a trade secret. Per definition, it is possible to copy a trade secret. However, you most probably cannot advertise it as the same recipe. | |
| Aug 9, 2014 at 18:37 | comment | added | vsz | Note that making an exact copy has a high chance to find yourself on the receiving end of a lawsuit. | |
| Aug 9, 2014 at 9:44 | comment | added | Verena Praher | I would totally buy fake coke if it was cheaper than normal coke but tasted the same or almost as good. I don't drink coke because it is cool but because I like the taste. So far I haven't found any drink that appeals to my taste receptors as coke from a can. Pepsi is something completely different and all other brands that try to indicate they are coke are mostly disgusting and have nothing to do with the taste of Coca Cola. | |
| Aug 9, 2014 at 3:01 | comment | added | Pharap | @terdon The fact one of their ingredients is a by-product of cocaine production really doesn't help. | |
| Aug 8, 2014 at 16:00 | comment | added | coburne | I think your analogy is backwards. Rolex is associated with exclusivity - the point of a fake Rolex is for people to trick others into thinking you're balling uncontrollably with your super-expensive watch. Nobody is going home at night to tell their wife "I saw some guy at work today drinking a brand new Coke!". If you can duplicate the recipe and charge half the price, and everybody knows it, you'll dig deep into Coke's sales. Whereas you can sell watches with identical materials to Rolex, but if it's called "Barnaby's wrist-wear", few will care. | |
| Aug 8, 2014 at 15:57 | comment | added | phyrfox | I'd buy a fake Coke. Just the other day I stopped at a store to buy two 2L bottles, and it set me back $6.50 (USD). I could have bought six store-brand 2L and a pack a gum for the same price. | |
| Aug 8, 2014 at 13:33 | comment | added | terdon | There are many valid reasons to buy a fake. Remember that Coca Cola is one of the most reviled companies in the world. Many people refuse to buy their products as a matter of principle. | |
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| Aug 8, 2014 at 12:14 | comment | added | Richard Tingle | While true for companys like Pepsi or Dr Pepper I think supermarket's own brands would do well by being an exact copy. Not least because they are currently really really bad | |
| Aug 8, 2014 at 10:01 | history | answered | Greg | CC BY-SA 3.0 |