[richardatlarge]

It would be interesting to know more about how it's actually manufactured and whether he has ideas about why the classic formula was changed -- maybe something to do with the cost of one of the steps, which the video suggests could be true, as it's damn complicated

[mattmaroon]

At a high level: probably they buy flavors from the flavor houses by the rail car or tanker truck and mix them with water, sweetener, and gum Arabic. I’ve seen it at much smaller scale, but I bet Coke has some amazingly large machinery given the scale.