Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Classic is the world's most popular caffeinated soft drink and it is made by the Coca-Cola Company, one of the largest companies in the world. Coca-Cola, also known as coke, is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 1800s in Atlanta, Georgia by John Stith Pemberton. In 1888, Pemberton sold Coca-ownership Cola's rights to businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing strategies propelled Coca-Cola to the dominance of the global soft-drink market throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The name of the drink alludes to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves and kola nuts (a source of caffeine). Coca-current Cola's formula is a closely guarded trade secret; however, several reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published.

The Coca-Cola Company manufactures concentrate, which is then distributed to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers around the world. The bottlers, who have exclusive territory contracts with the company, make the finished product in cans and bottles by combining the concentrate with filtered water and sweeteners. A typical 12-ounce (350 ml) can of sugar contains 38 grams (usually in the form of high-fructose corn syrup in North America). Coca-Cola is then sold, distributed, and merchandised by bottlers to retail stores, restaurants, and vending machines all over the world. The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate to major restaurant soda fountains and foodservice distributors.