Coca-Cola

[step293]

Did coca-cola ever contain traces of cocaine, i got in touch with the company but they deny any involvement with cocaine which of course they would but is there anyone out there who knows the truth because i am not convinced!

[kevb0444]

It still does (kind of) cocaine is naturally present in untreated coca leaves, small amounts of cocaine were also present in the beverage. Today's Coca-Cola uses "spent" coca leaves, those that have been through a cocaine extraction process, to flavor the beverage. Since this process cannot extract the cocaine alkaloids at a molecular level, the drink still contains trace amounts of the stimulant.

[KebabMeister]

According to popular belief, the coca leaf extract cocaine was once added to Coca-Cola, per se. Because cocaine is naturally present in untreated coca leaves, small amounts of cocaine were also present in the beverage. Today's Coca-Cola uses "spent" coca leaves, those that have been through a cocaine extraction process, to flavor the beverage. Since this process cannot extract the cocaine alkaloids at a molecular level, the drink still contains trace amounts of the stimulant[8]. The United States DEA oversees the importation of coca for Coca-Cola, and later sale of the extracted cocaine to the drug industry where it is used in the creation of many of the common drugs whose names end in "-caine" (such as Procaine and Lidocaine).[9]

Pemberton began to develop a non-alcoholic version of the French Wine Coca. He named it Coca-Cola, because it included the stimulant coca leaves from South America and was flavored using kola nuts, a source of caffeine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca_cola

[KebabMeister]

kev, you forgot to credit wikipedia ;)

[kevb0444]

LOL kebab...we both went to wiki and got the same answer!!!!

[Lonnie]

Hi steps, If you look at this site, close to the bottom of the page, it seems there was, www.greenparty.org/coke.html