8 facts about the Coca-Cola Company from the book by Michael Blanding «Coca-Cola. Dirty Truth "

The fact that Coca-Cola was invented by pharmacist John Pemberton, consisted of coca leaves and kola nuts, was patented as a drug from nervous disorders and sold in pharmacies, it is known to everyone today. The majority knows that Santa Claus as we know it, the work of Coca-school marketing department. The company 80 years to put it to firmly link the image of plump old man dressed in red, with the main winter holiday season.

However, few people realize the unreality of cola craving for continuous growth: sales volumes, consumption per capita cost. In times of expansion of Coca-Cola in the school, for example, the company decided that the children should not drink 1 liter of cola a day, and a minimum of 3. With such unpleasant facts from the history of the brand book is replete with «Coca-Cola. Dirty Truth ", which is a journalistic investigation of how the drink was created and developed the company during the period from 1885 to the present day.

Here are some interesting facts mentioned in the book by Michael Blanding. < 1.
Current Coca-Cola hides and hides the fact that the 20 years of the original composition of the drink contained coca leaves. Until 1906, it was indeed a "coca" cola.

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By 1943, Germany has had problems with sugar (if it is mainly supplied from Latin America). To plants are not idle Technology has released a new drink, which required no sugar and extracts of fruit (apple cake) - named the drink Fanta.

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