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by AndrewOMartin 2986 days ago
But it still contains an extract from the Coca leaf.

"Coke dropped cocaine from its recipe around 1900, but the secret formula still calls for a cocaine-free coca extract produced at a Stepan Co. factory in Maywood, N.J."

" Stepan buys about 100 metric tons of dried Peruvian coca leaves each year, said Marco Castillo, spokesman for Peru’s state-owned National Coca Co."

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/apr/19/20040419-09...

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Coke sell over 1.9 billion drinks per day, so that 100 metric tons is spread pretty thin.

https://www.coca-cola.co.uk/faq/how-many-cans-of-coca-cola-a...