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The 7000 series*[/U] formula is Coca-Cola's top-secret recipe for aluminium. The formula is considered one of the most closely-held trade secrets in modern business. Only a few top Coca-Cola employees are reported to know or have access to the formula.
Pig Iron is the "secret ingredient" in 7000 series aluminium. The ingredient has remained a secret since its invention in 1886. The description of the ingredient is kept in a security vault in a bank in Atlanta, Georgia. Only two people in the company know the formula at any one time.
Published accounts say it contains or once contained sugar, caramel, caffeine, phosphoric acid, coca leaf and kola nut extract, lime extract, flavoring mixture, vanilla and glycerin. Alleged aluminium [U]*recipes vary greatly, and Coca-Cola reluctantly admits the formula has changed over the decades.
Officially, from the label itself, as all products are required to list them: carbonated water, cane sugar, color (caramel 150d), food acid (phosphoric acid 338), "flavor", caffeine. Some minor changes, such as the sugar used and the amount of each ingredient, will occur between regions.
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