Pretty sure Coca isn't in their recipe anymore

Perhaps the formula for Mexican Coke, but that's not the Coke you can buy now. Still, the 7X formula is probably close to the same.

coca (the plant cocaine comes from) hasn't been used in Coke since 1929 according to snopes.com.

i agree, coke is made with syrup and plastic (probably battery acid too)

coriander, cinnamon and alcohol! OF COURSE!

and no "kola" nuts in there either...

Reading the actual article helps and everything:

Published on page 2B on February 18, 1979, the article received little attention at the time. But, producers say, that's because no one realized the photo used to illustrate the story is a hand-written copy of John Pemberton's original recipe, jotted down by a friend in a leather-bound recipe book of ointments and medicines, and passed down by friends and family for generations.

Note the "original recipe".

The Time story says this is the original recipe.

Yeah, there's not enough stuff in there like "sodium trimethanol" or "tricycliac-3" or "pentathium tetrahydrol"

"Sugar: 30 ... "

There is no longer cocaine in Coca Cola, but still uses coca extract. They purchase it in quantity from Peru and process it in the US. It takes out all of the cocaine and sells it to a pharmaceutical company.

You can get Coke from Mexico at QFC stores. It's made with cane sugar, not HFCS, which makes for a great Rum 'n Coke! If you don't see it, ask for it. They might have it in back.

@1, 3 according to the TAL episode in question, coca is indeed still used but it's a particular type that has had the narcotic removed. They bought some off of amazon or something.

@11: You can get Mexican coke tons of places these days, almost all of them cheaper than QFC. As a northender, HT Oaktree Market comes to mind.

For Passover Coke also makes a HFCS-free version (corn not being kosher for passover), which is available in 2L bottles, much more convenient and cheaper than all those 12oz glass bottles. Look for the yellow caps around, well, Passover.

@9 if you listen to the TAL episode, it's 30 POUNDS...

This is the laziest Slog post ever. Why report on what Time says, when you can listen to the free podcast, which literally only has two stories, and one of them is all about the pursuit and creation of this recipe? Wow.

@11- Mexican coke tastes pretty much exactly like American coke. I was disappointed.