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Coca-Cola Recipe Leaked: Alcohol and Anti-Muslim messages
August 17, 2012 · 34 Comments
BOSTON — Coca-Cola’s tightly guarded 125-year-old recipe was revealed last week by This American Life, a public radio show based in New York city.
“We think we may have found the original recipe for Coca Cola…and I am not kidding!” host Ira Glass says with excitement. He continues “I am not kidding. One of the most famously guarded trade secrets on the planet– I have it right here and I am going to read it to you. I am going to read it to the world.”
To find the recipe, Ira Glass turned to Charles Salter, a columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Mr Salter originally discovered the Coke ingredients deep deep within the archives of the journal in 1979. Edition 18 of the Atlanta based journal contained a photo depicting a hand-written copy of John Pemberton’s original recipe in a leather-bound recipe book.
John Pemberton, an American pharmacist from Atlanta invented the Coca-Cola recipe in 1886 and has since stayed with family members and close friends. According to the This American Life, only two people know the recipe and they never travel on the same airliner. The radio also claims the recipe is “locked in a vault in Atlanta.”
Here are the recipe ingredients and we know it will definitely shock a lot of Muslims. For a long time, a large number of Muslims considered Coca Cola “Haram”; an Arabic word meaning forbidden. They claim if you hold a mirror next to the famous Coca-Cola trademark, it will reveals “La Mohammad. La Makkah” in Arabic, which literally means “No Mohammad. No Mecca.” This is considered anti-Islamic and a slander.
The Coca Cola company responded through their website: “This claim is not true. The Coca-Cola trademark was created in 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, at a time and place where there was little knowledge of Arabic.
“The allegation has been brought before a number of senior Muslim clerics in the Middle East who researched it in detail and refuted the rumor outright.
“During the late 1990s, a special committee of authorities in Saudi Arabia, with representatives from the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Trade, was formed to review the rumors against the Coca-Cola logo. The committee determined that there is no basis to these false allegations and that the Coca-Cola trademark does not connote anything defamatory to Islam.
“More recently, in May 2000, the Grand Mufti of Al-Azhar (the Islamic world’s foremost institute) Sheikh Nasr Farid Wassel, said that “the trademark does not injure Islam or Muslims directly or indirectly.” Moreover, he stated that Islam is against ‘the propagation of empty rumors and intended lies that affect either public or private interests.’”
The ingredient includes alcohol and coca (plant that contains the cocaine), which are forbidden by Islamic law. Let’s see how they (Coca Cola Company) explain this one this time. According to Globes, a Muslim-Israeli has already filed a US$330 million class action suit against The Central Bottling Company Group Ltd. – Coca Cola’s Israel franchisee (see Israeli sues Coca Cola for containing alcohol).
Recipe:
1. Fluid extract of coca
2. Citric acid
3. Caffeine
4. Sugar
5. Water
6. Lime juice
7. Vanilla
8. Caramel
9. Alcohol
10. Orange oil
11. Lemon oil
12. Nutmeg oil
13. Coriander oil
14. Neroli oil
15. Cinnamon oil
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August 17, 2012
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COCA-COLA is jewish company,most of The soft drinks goes under coca-cola company including all The Energy drinks.
Fanta,seven up,red bull,etc.
Your telling me that a brand invented by a american pharamist in the 19th century is a Jewish company
if you don't like it don't purchase it. simples. i don't think it contains alcohol or any other haram stuff as it would have been discovered by other muslims.
This is nothing but a childish story. If one believes in every thing we read or hear, then we are not fit mentally. Please, do not believe in very thing we read or hear.
smdh@coca cola being jewish, sounds like the guys who claim tomatos are unIslamic, if this keeps going on you wont have any muslims left cause all your gonna eat is afghan bread and water.
This is an old story.
I wonder who is pushing it this time.
I would not ask the Saudis the time of the day if it conflicts with US interests, but Al Mofti Sh Wasel was highly regarded & was sacked by Hosni Mubarak for not toeing the line.
May be Pepsi is paying for this piece!
You go back to Jigjiga Crazy Boy and eat injeera with Amhara. Haram is Haram and you got to believe it.
coca cola is haram maybe the mirror things can be denied or a coicedence but if it contains alcohol it i haram also the original recipe called for cocaine regardless of law but they chaanged because of the lack of the moneys so coca cola is haram do not drink it if you are muslim if you do you are harming yourself
and if you are not muslim… drink it up… no harm no foul, right?
lol ofcourse bro i mean you dont believe us anyway so why dont you just go kill yourselfs because we are to civilized and mature to wanna kill you.
ignorant – Pepsi and other harmful sodas have Arabic inscriptions on them – does that make it halaal? Listen, soda is harmful to your health and the health of your children – stop killing yourself with these products! In the developing world – soda is as expensive as food – and the locals can't even afford….that's besides the point – it is not healthy period! And has no nutritional value – teach this to the masses rather than cheap religious propaganda and blaming the Jews for everything – at least the Jews have water and technology and the Muslim world cannot afford the basics. I liked the comment about about Afghan bread – I would add free dates from Saudi royals, ahahaha!!!
Haji Qabiil – you really make me laugh at you because you saidjews have water and technology,now we all know the jews took the land from muslims,water from muslims and technology has been given by the US terrorists. Muslims have Oil, if they stop Oil there will be no Israel and no US.
Coca Cola is owned by the Mormons. It is a very harmful drink and should not be consumed by anyone! It it very very harmful to your body. Don't drink it! I
typical issaqs. jes and habashi lovers.
The cocaine is removed from the coca plant and used for medical research. The alcohol is used in preparation for mixing the oils and such. The end product has no cocaine or alcohol. Do some independent research. Piss poor journalism.
i agree with you
I think, if it comes about religious beliefs, every person has the right to know that what are the ingredients of the food or drink he/she consuming. Cola is not a medicine of a life-threatening disease so that we can avoid the ingredients.
perth rsa
????
When I was in early “recovery”, I would go to 12 step meetings and judge
people as being either moderate drinkers, hard drinkers or “real
alcoholics”. I took pride in convincing you I was a “real hardcore”
alcoholic/addict, saying things like, “You’re not addicted. Let me tell
you about being addicted!” and then share my worst (or best) war stories
to convince you of how I was different from you.
how dare they.
It depends for example pepsi n USA its not the same taste as UAE because there is no alcohol in pepsi tht pple drink n UAE or the muslim contries so it depends on the country you live
who tested it in the UAE and said it doesn't contain alcohol can you find this test and publish it
coco cola is everybody life
Child by i find it to be true. Everyone drinks coke is addicted. Coke kills every year. Coke is a very strong drink.
Wallahi kan, If there is an alcaholic inside Allah ya isa
Unbelievable, muslims won’t drink alcohol or pork. Yet they smoke and call it ” Mikru”, a sin that is allowed by God? I live with Muslims, they fail to understand that they originated from Jews and live with far too much hatred in them.
Ignorant! Who told you it is allowed by God? Every sin Muslims commit should not be attributed to God.
Muslims are originated from Jews !!! that's so funny it seems like you know nothing about Islam or Muslims other than what u see around you, the hatred your talking about goes both ways and it didn't come from nothing, even though not all Jews nor all Muslims hate each other .
as for smoking its not "haram " forbidden by the religious rules, alcohol and pork are strictly forbidden and it's in Qoran, the book of god for Muslims
Muslims originated from Abraham's son ismael not issac,therefore they did not originate from Jews.also makruh means doubtful,so it should be avoided,but it is not a sin allowed by god.it is something that could be harmful and not good for you.
Idiot hhhh you're an idiot hhhhh you must be living in thailand or somewhere you think it's a muslim country hhhh
Yeah I really don't like to drink pork either…
Well cocain is not bad people add it with chemicals to make it a drug so therefore the coca in is no bad
I think the problem isnt , “hey now you know it then, dont drink” however i feel it is more of, “damn, Ive been drinking this drink for all my life and I do not know it is against my religion” honestly, I am a muslim. And i am sad about this fact. Real or not, right now is controversy. Lets say it is a fact that it is true, dont you feel like youve betrayed your religion? It shows the lack of respect to your faith. It is disheartening to know it contains this. But im too blamed too for not going an extra mile to actually find out abt what contains in that drink. Though it is highly impossible since i cant just break into a vault in atlanta. Hah. But i wouldve appreciate if they actually state not meant for muslims or something. Just a little precaution will do and we will keep on practicing the abstinence we have towards alcoholic beverage.
It's all about your faith and belive. If you don't tust yourself then you "ll be confused for everything.