Comment by atombender
21 hours ago
I think my point flew past you: If I can make a 99% clone of Coke in my kitchen, any professional flavoring pro will do it 100%. The supposed secret recipe isn't why Coke is still around, it's the brand.
And by fresh I do mean: The OpenCola is full of natural essential oils (orange, neroli, cinnamon, lime, lavender, lemon, nutmeg), and real natural flavor oils have a certain potent freshness you don't get in a mass-produced product.
> you don't get in a mass-produced product.
But you are trying to reproduce a mass-produced product.
I'm merely making the point that there's nothing magical about the recipe. Anyone wanting to truly replicate it for mass production can simply use commodity flavor compounds.