The Disturbing History of Coca-Cola
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This video covers the INSANE story of Coca-Cola. This MagnatesMedia mini-movie documents the history of Coca-Cola, along with some of Coke's biggest scandals, controversies, and marketing successes.
This Coca-Cola documentary begins by looking at the early beginnings of Coca-Cola as a patent medicine in the 1800's, created by John Pemberton. We then examine Coca-Cola's marketing strategy, and how it pioneered many marketing tactics that are commonplace today. We then move on to how Coca-Cola profited from war, and how Coke managed to expand globally so rapidly (and create Fanta in the process).
Next, we look at some of the biggest accusations against Coca-Cola, such as the claims made by the stop killer coke campaign involving union leaders at Coke bottling plants. We also look at Coca-Cola's approach to the negative health effects of its drinks, including the disastrous launch of Dasani in the UK. And finally, we look at the ongoing battle between Coke and Pepsi, and how Coca-Cola created New Coke, that was simultaneously both a marketing disaster, and and one of the greatest business moves the company has made.
Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur looking to learn lessons from successful businesses, or you're simply interested to understand Coca-Cola's dramatic history, this MagnatesMedia business documentary about Coca Cola has everything you need.
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00:00 Prologue
00:44 Chapter 1: How Coca-Cola REALLY Began
04:51 Chapter 2: The Spectacular Rise of Coca-Cola
10:11 Chapter 3: The Lucrative Business of War
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15:46 Chapter 4: Coca-Cola's Secrets
25:52 Chapter 5: New Coke - The Greatest Disaster
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I had a coca cola advertisement during this video 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
13:49 . his name was max kEIth, not max kIEth Not sure if all that is correct what you say but at least it looks good. Enjoy Coca Cola.
they could cut 90 percent out of it and for a very few of us cause we- are not not not stupid ! hell just look at the chemical analysis ! as coke says, it says it all , and the more you drink the stupider you get and the fatter you get and brain damage along with bone damage sex drive obesity, diabetes, and you could go on on on on on and on of bad shit. they killing more people than cars trucks killsalso it is where we get all of our med problems that kill you . should i say more . also you could cut half of this analysis but like i said everybody is stupid cause of less have a coke .!
This company is so big, I’d bet their bottle caps would become the currency in a post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland.
Guess I'll start collecting coca cola caps then..
Man I miss fallout
I just got an idea thanks
and also replace the word "coca" with "nuka" so as to match the nuclear wasteland scenario. man, fallout new vegas really made me appreciate ZeniMax Studio
I thought this was true... Then i played fallout 76
Man it’s actually ridiculously sinister how 90% of the common brands we see today came to be, scary.
Yes it is and it’s painful to think about.
Cream soda had heroin as an additive back in the early 1900s and 1920s. Many became highly addicted to it. My mother, who was born in 1920, was terrified of cream soda and wouldn't touch it in the 1960s even though the heroin had been removed for decades.
we can't even not buy it, rather poverty for us or poverty for Asia and children. watch the nestle one, it's wayyyy worse. literally LABOR against children and tap water for expensive!
It’s sinister how they want to make lifelong customers from the youth meanwhile the product is bad for your organs. Company’s will literally squeeze the life from everyone to become billionaires.
@@pollypurree1834 that is interesting
“I’d like to take this time to tell you about this video’s sponsor; Coca-Cola.”
The wheels of the coke goes round and round round and around the Wheels of the coke goes round in round Let's drink Coke.
Interesting thing about the taste tests: these results do NOT apply when people have full servings of the drinks. Pepsi is slightly sweeter, and people tend to prefer highly sweet things in small doses since sugar is difficult to come by in nature. New coke tried to replicate this, but when people had bottles it would be saccharin. So things that are too sweet actually do better in taste tests when it’s little shot glasses full. This is actually part of the reason Pepsi did these studies because they knew what the result would be before they did it
also in my experience pepsi goes flat much faster so by the time u get to the end of the soda its just terrible. i do enjoy a fresh pepsi more and always have but if im drinking the whole thing then coke is better everytime. imo. also when from a fountain coke holds up longer as well against the ice melting b/c of the same higher carbonation.
wow interesting!
@@BaddieBossUniversity I can add to it as well. You know how new coke was tested to be better than coke and Pepsi but everyone hated it? Well, check the sweetness. The order from most to least sweet is new coke, Pepsi, coke classic. No fluke there
Pepsi uses HEK-293. Human Embryonic Kidney. It took the mad scientist to perfect it 293 times.
They gave people sweet n low??
I remember my grandma said she used Coca-Cola for cleaning her sink and didn't even know it was drinkable. The best part was that Coca-Cola actually did clean my grandma's sink just crazy 🤯
Ya you can pour it on a car battery to eat the erosion off also, Anytime my battery would be nasty I'd buy a coke and pour it on ans watch it ne eaten away
I've never tried it and never drank coke i like lemonade and passionfruit flavoured drinks if i have softdrink but my mother used to say if you put an old coin in a small jar of coke for a week it will come out like new.
Back when cars had metal bumpers that would rust, you could pour Coca-Cola on the rust and remove the rust, scary what it might do to your body.
@@mibeatleman6767 Stainless Steel bumpers
You don't need Coke for that. You can use any carbonated soda, or just carbonated water. Is the little bubble that help cleaning. Coke just leaves everything all sticky because of the sugar
4 years, 3 months and 30 days. Like a recovering alcoholic keeps track of his last alcoholic drink, I keep track of my last Coke. Even after so much time, I often still crave for this drink. That's how I addicted I was to the stuff. I'm now 20kg (44lbs) lighter and I feel much better. Keep away from this poison kids! Especially if you're sensitive to addictions.
Just Coca-Cola ore any other related drink, like Pepsi?
@@TheSec09 All sodas in general. No more Pepsi, Fanta, Sprite...
interesting i drink it like 1 time a month or maybe 1 time every 2 months but never crave it just enjoy it sometimes with a buger or something
what did you drink in replace of it may I ask?when i try to quit I tend to get headaches.
@@okeydokey9693 That's caffeine withdrawal you're experiencing when you quit. Anything with caffeine will get rid of headaches .
As a coke drinker myself the main plant that makes everything is the Atlanta factory, During WWII coke was very popular among soldiers and marines in both theatres
Outstanding. Coke was actually banned in India after all the issues highlighted in your documentary. Great work.
Still banned today?
@@justiceavenger275thumbsup sprite Mirinda maza fanta pepsi.. All are sold in all available sizes and prices. And are a must in every indian party for the obese class. He is delusional
@@justiceavenger275 na he is lying coke was not banned in india and is super popular
I was in India last year(2023)and I was buying coke in the streets it's ain't banned yooh ...you are lying
@@AnimeNexus487coke isn't super popular 🙂
I previously worked for a High Fructose Corn Syrup (hfcs) refinery. The refinery was supposed to meet food grade standards per the FDA. This place was a complete joke! The corn they used to make hfcs was stored inside huge corn silos that were infested with rats. The rats ate the corn, and defecated and urinated on it. As the corn would be transported by conveyors, sometimes the rats would get mutilated by the conveyors spreading their carcass remains all on the corn, including body tissue, organ tissue, and blood. Totally gross! This Refinery supplied hfcs to none other than Coca Cola! I started a grass roots organization in order to inform consumers. I have been in touch with Coca Cola''s board of directors, and they refused to meet with me to see the evidence I have. Co=workers had tried to get the FDA to intervene but they never did.
Ah yes the FDA. They're more worried with banning vape brands that don't play ball to help big tobacco
That’s insane!! Very disturbing to read. Glad I do not drink Coke… nor do my kids. 🤢🤢🤢
ive heard similarly you can find cockroach matter in chocolate bars... it seems like everything is not as neat as were told
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all people in these replies are dumb every company does the same shit yet you still eat nd drink from there but will cut out coke cuz of this 🤦🏽♂️🤣
I love Coca-Cola more than ANY other drink! But the amount I drank each day (addiction) was causing my weight to skyrocket over the years. So... I stopped drinking it (I hate diet colas) and went to flavored water. My weight slowly began to drop, w/o any dieting what-so-ever. That was about a year ago. Yes, I miss it. But I know I made the right decision for ME....
I was addicted to Dr Pepper. DOWN TO ONE A DAY AND HAVE ALREADY LOST 8 POUNDS.
I worked for coke for about a year, drank soda every day and it's awful, it's like smoking it's hard to stop
After seeing how much sugar was in a glass,that was enough for me to quit + I'm fat enough. Please beware of buying tasteful water as that's approx a third of cola's sugar. Boiled,cold water is soo refreshing. It took a lil while to unbrainwash myself but I'm glad I did. Every now and then, I'll have a can of Shweppes lemonade. Bc I don't want HEK293 cells in it!
Grow some balls and Harden the Fuck Up
Congratulations and good for you 😁😁😁
You fail to mention that coke changed their recipe using corn syrup instead of good Ole sugar for sweetner
I mean the documentry is amazing and informative, But what I like the most are the edits, Man these edits are amaaaaaaazing. The effort you guyz put in to present it is Just amazing. The VO, The sound design the animations and the story it self just amazing. ♥ I wonder do you guys have any editing course. I will definatly opt for it.
Pemberton: How do I overcome my morphine adiction ?? People in 1886: _With cocaine of course !!!_
*proceeds to pop a cocaine gum*
I subbed after the line " you don't build an empire selling sugar by telling the truth". So epic.
How tf is that epic...? People nowadays are impressed by the stupidest, most evil shit. Damn retards.
He actually said 'sugar water'.
@@mariemccann5895 woops
When I was growing up (in the deep South), my grandfather owned a "general" store. That means he sold a variety of things, not just groceries. In front of his story there was an ice box and he kept soda pop there. There was Dr. Pepper, Nehi, Pepsi, R.C. Cola , Orange and coco cola. I remember being in the store sometime and people would come in would ask for "a dope." This was NOT a narcotic, it was just Soda. I learned later that many, many years ago coca cola did have some "dope" in it. But my grandfather. who also preached in our church from time to time would never have allowed that.
The alcohol was not eliminated from the formula in the 1880's because of prohibition, as you state. National prohibition (the 18th amendment) was not passed until 1919. Alcohol became even more common in patent medecines after prohibition.
The production quality is insane. How does this channel not have millions of subs? Mark my words that it'll have a million very soon with this quality content!
It may be because the creator has side channels you may not know about.
Agreed. I jus wish they were more truthful with the harsh truths, like what Coke does to the environment especially in Mexico. People there feed Coke to their babies, and have to filter their drinking water through an old system that barely gives them one liter of clean water. They underpay their workers, but what choice do poor folks have. Coke isn't an old friend, because friends don't hurt each other and kill people. The video ends that way, versus hoping Coke develops a better system for all it does that truly benefits the environment, its customers and its employees.
@@GladysAlicea this video is BULLSHIT, advertising? using pretty Girls & Santa? Many companies do that. I know people who are thin & Drink Coke. Pepsi & other soda companies also have Sugar, The Energy drinks have More sugar. How many times have people drank coke & Crash & Killed someone in a car compared to ALCOHOL? Yet Alcohol is celebrated wildly & is accepted even though it cause Health problems Big time, Drunk Drivers., Makes idiots who can't handle it get into Fights. makes people depressed. who is Evil & DUMB?
what's "insane is how people attack Coke YET Many people die from Alcohol & Drunk Drivers, But that's "OK" because Alcohol is celebrated & "makes Money"
Alexandre, I'll have to disagree. Most of the channels I watch. I watch a lot of KZhead channels I'm not joined up with.
As a young kid I loved Coke. When I was 12 my family took me on a world trip, at a dinner in Washington DC my father announced he would no longer buy me any Coke. I’m 63 now and have never touched Coke since that night in DC. I owe my father big time.
what a story ! Very inspiring . Sometimes i have craving for coke or pepsi or some sweet fizzy drink , i want stop being addict to 21 century drugs ;D . They are many , from legal drugs like sugar , ciggarete , and illiegal like meth , but u cant just stop taking this legal or nonlegal drugs ;D , everybody have acces to that now
i just buy sugar-less drinks for fruit juice
I’m confused if you’re talking about the beverage or the drug 😅
@@ivoivanov2150 sugar is kinda a weird drug,everybody's addicted to it,but we're also made of it,in one form or another,and most foods like carbs and fat are actually transformed into sugar(glucose) by the body,as sugar is very easy to convert into energy,even plants do this...
Do you drink or snort yours?
So where did the cocaine in coke come from? Back in the 1980's I read something about the early days of coke, that it originally had cocaine as an ingredient.
Love your great editing and visuals!
As a Vietnamese, I can say Coke indeed has become a part of people's lives. After the US removed the banning, Coke came right back in 94. They had a joint venture with a state-owned company and built a huge factory just outside HCM city. As a kid, when ever I went pass by the factory, I always gasped at how big it was. And the product the Coke bottle itself was so cheap, it became a popular drink. I remember back then when my family were visiting hometown, I frowned all the way because you know kids. One of my uncles brought me uptown and bought me a bottle of Coke. The bottle was cheap (should be around $0.4). But he was really poor (he was a farmer and hardly made money back then) yet he still spent some to cheer up his nephew. And indeed a cold coke bottle in a sunny afternoon really lit me up. Sadly he passed away just a couple years later so I couldn't buy him back something. These days I don't drink Coke as much (mostly energy drinks now). But once in a while I come back for a Classic Taste bottle just to reminisce the old days. As you said in the video. They don't sell you a drink. They sell you happy memories.
Back in the 70's while spending a tour of duty in Vietnam Coke Acola was found to be a big product over there, even the vietnamese would acquire it and sell it cold to the Gi's. Coke was the largest supplier fallowed by Pepsi. In the storage areas it was stacked over ten feet high X twenty or more feet long rolls X twenty feet deep where I was stationed. War was always good for Coke Acola. If I recall rightly it was even out there in WW2, at least the ad's in the states were supporting Coke.
Energy drinks are worse, coke is bad enough 😕
@@suziefinley328 I also got concerned when I read that
@@suziefinley328 i heard energy drinks can and have give people heart attacks..one day i was out shopping i felt like i had no energy so i got a ED. I couldn't believe how he made me feel i felt great in minutes. I still want more of theses drinks and i will get more .it makes me feel so up lifted ready to do house work.
@@maryhodgson8604 I'm sorry you are hooked on these deadly drinks. Your life is in your own hands. Best wishes.
This is probably one of the most informative 30 minute videos with the information actually understandable that I've seen in a while.
yeah u r right tbh
At least he has an understandable english accent 🥴💦😎🤙
If you believe every word he is telling you. Yeah.
Obviously your not that bright...
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My grandparents called coca cola "Belly Wash". Seltzer water, ginger ale and 7-up were only soda treats ever allowed. Another relative used to sing a ditty about coca cola that I only realized when older it was mocking the brand. They really did not approve of that brand.
Many decades ago my sister had stomach pains and a Dr actually prescribed Coca Cola syrup. Walgreens gave a bottle with a prescription label on it and the Coke syrup label on the other side.
The marketing concept was a hundred years ahead. Absolutely genius. The next best drink brands that copied this strategy I would say were, Guinness and Jack Daniel’s. You walk into any bar and you will see a neon light with these brand names.
Brand recognition is at the forefront of all product marketing tactics.
Oh yes. Never sell your product. Sell emotion. People buy with emotion and justify with logic.
@@sneakytacos773 There are some things money can't buy....for everything else, there's MasterCard.
I think Budweiser did a much better marketing campaign than Guinness. Their commercials ranging from the Clydesdale horses, the Bud-Weis-Er frogs, the Wuz up dudes.and so on and so forth. But truth be told, the most famous and popular commercials ever are the early Apple computer campaign and the "Wheres the beef" by Wendy's. But Budweiser wins in the alcohol arena.
@@sneakytacos773 The Happiest Place on Earth....
What a great documentary on the history of Coca Cola. I can't imagine the time it took to put this all together. I tried the new Coke and was very disappointed on the taste. I worked at a Coca Cola plant which also does Dr. Pepper and there products as a delivery driver but never saw the processing of how they made.
Not True. Look up Dr Pepper products.
@Dusty Rusty you're full of shit! 😆 Coke doesn't own Dr. Pepper. Dr. Pepper/7-up is its own company and owns RC! Pibb is cokes! Now the only thing I don't get,is why you'd like about something like this! Lmao
@@mse7501 ur taking some text on the internet over some other text on the internet 😂
@@extrazero1593 Coke and Dp are two diff. companies.
I never like the soda drinks as it corrodes my teeth and the sugar is bad for health. And I teach my kids to stay away from them too. My family only drinks bottle water!
There is a consistent sound in this video that sounds like someone a floor below slamming against the wall. Like at 9:53
Those words right at the beginning nail it “ Liquid Sugar” 😯
Not just the content, but the overall production value of this video is incredible.
It's nice to see someone seeing this for what it is. I don't think many people have.
Really reminds me of Moon.
The voice sounds like AI.
Absolutely.
Pepsi production maybe
Fun fact: the Pepsi ceo gave all their employees a day off in celebration when they realized that coke had changed the formula to try and beat Pepsi only to fail miserably
W pepsi
Another fun fact about Pepsi: They were the most weaponized company in the planet for a brief moment in the late 80's when Soviet Russia bought Pepsi but had to pay with submarines. For a brief moment, Pepsi had 17 submarines including a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer. So that's how they became the 6th most powerful fleet in the world.
@@diegotlamantli that's a real strange bit of trivia & a fun fact I would have guessed would be Coke since the WWII stuff. I would have gone through each of the different machines if I had been payed in subs. If necessary, an NDA or have sensitive information hidden beforehand. I don't recall ever going on a real submarine. Battleship tour was really interesting, but air shows and climbing in the planes & helicopters is really something special-
@@diegotlamantli where did you find this most interesting and informative info?👍
The same people own coke and pepsi ( pepsi-cola)
Hat's off for your editing skills ❤
Your documentaries are the best!!
The marketing strategies at 17:18. I used to attend a university that was a Pepsi campus. The licensing agreement meant that Pepsi products were the only drinks to be sold on campus This included soft drinks, bottled water, and energy drinks whether it was cafeterias, variety stores, pubs or vending machines. Coke had similar agreements with universities. It may have been a strategy to make lifetime customers of the students and staff.
I have heard that every US President is either a Coke or a Pepsi president, and whenever there's a change, they whip out one lot of vending machines (and cafeteria displays) and install the other. Urban myth or true?
They still do this at every bar, uni and any facility that sell these kind of drinks in vending machines. You never see them together.
I've heard that the marketing geniuses have found that both companies optimize profits when both brand vending machines are put side by side, basically giving consumers the (false?) impression they have a choice.
Try to avoid scams that label themselves as university. But let me guess where you went, Devry, Full Sail? Any number of for-profit schools that just take money?
@@Yeti_Talks No this was the equivalent of a state university or non-private in Canada. Canadian universities like many American universities have these licensing agreements to sell products on campus.
After reading the comments about how people are addicted to coke, it feels weird that I never ever think "I should buy a soda and drink it". Even when I'm in a shop filled with sodas on the shelves, it never crosses my mind that that is something I should buy. The last time I drank a coke (or any soda) was probably six years ago.
I grew up in a house with parents that drank coffee and pepsi/coke almost exclusively. I drank a good amount myself, but never felt addicted and never feel the "need" to drink it. I stock some at home for when I have company, but rarely drink it myself. Maybe a few times/year in the summer. I prefer water above anything else.
@@themonsterunderyourbed9408 good. water make you more healthy
@@reignellwalker9755yes true lol
So what, you want a pat on the shoulder now?
Omg ur so lucky
Knew a man who had a petition to ban it from every tuckshop in Australian schools,he was a pastor in the Adventists church in North Queensland,he went on a holiday to Ayres rock and he and his wife became world renowned.his name was Michael Chamberlain.
Hardly seems surprising that a man who would try to ban something as wonderful as Coca-Cola would also try to help his wife cover up the ritual murder of their infant daughter...
I work in plumbing and sometimes our floor drains can get concrete in them when they pour the slab. We dump a 2 liter of coke in there and it will eat the concrete enough for water to pass by. Crazy stuff.
I already knew most of this, but I enjoyed having the blanks filled in - especially the part about Fanta. I knew it was part of Coke, but never knew how or why it was created. Thank you for a fun and informative presentation.
Eddie stop bragging you educated coffee sniffer 😂 Eddie my brother I also already knew about all this I seen it in a previous video bt a few extra details that I not know of. Eddie sitting there enjoying his Pepsi max 😂😂😂
why was Fanta created? I couldn’t find the answer
@@jrsmith1998 Germany was a large purchaser of Coke products. But when WWII broke out, Coke didn't want their name associated with Hitler, but they didn't want to cut off the German market either, so they created Fanta as a "backdoor" to the German market. Then, when the US formally entered the war, they had to cut ties with Fanta for the duration. And Fanta created some new flavors while they were on their own. So, when the war was over, and Coke could go back into Germany, they decided to keep Fanta going because of those new flavors. Simple marketing.
@@nahkohese555 Oh Damn. Money over Morals. Thanks for that crash course answer. It was informative
ATTENTION!!!! WHERE WILL YOU GO WHEN YOU DIE?? HEAVEN OR HELL? WE CAN NOT HIDE OUR SINS FROM GOD... THERE IS HOPE AND SALVATION IN THE SAVING GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST. JESUS LOVES YOU AND HE DIED FOR OUR SINS....WE MUST REPENT OF OUR SINS, PUT OUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND WE WILL BE SAVED FROM THE FIRES OF HELL. MATTHEW 3:2 REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND.
Coca-cola and Mcdonalds.... pure evil !!!
Yeah. But I love them BOTH. Ain’t been to McDonald’s in a few months🤔 Had a Coke back in December. Loving something? Like ANY relationship. You don’t let it HARM you💡 -Enjoy!
Mcdouble with fries and a coca cola?? Mhmm
I didn't eat at McDonalds for 8 years, but being on the road so much now I'm back on the 2 cheeseburgers, large diet Coke kick. It is what it is.
Yeah. But I suppose any big brand is doomed to be like this. That's capitalism
@@HankChinaski27 biting those burgers and then a sip of cold Cola is next thing to crack im assuming. Hahaha so good.
Thanks so much for such wonderful content.
The people behind Coke's early marketing success was a monsterous genius!
growing up my parents didn't let me drink coke (or pepsi) due to the caffeine content and once I did try it as a teenager I totally hated it. I still don't drink coke or any other caffeinated and/or overly sweet drinks so thanks mum and dad! edit: I'm not trying to seem holier than thou or be condescending, there's nothing wrong with having soft drinks in moderation
I wish that was my outcome. At this point, my IV might as well be Mountain Dew.
You're really lucky. I drank coke from early childhood on, when other families visited their kids were allowed to drink coke which only happened once or twice a month for them. These kids were almost out of their mind happy being allowed to drink one glass which was weird to me since coke was everything I drank besides coffee. Coffe was the other addiction in my life from early childhood, I still remember how much I begged my mom to let me drink coffee until she finally caved in and let me have some with a lot of milk on top. From that day on every morning I had coffee for breakfast which lead to some serious situations on school trips when youth hostels were only serving pure tap water and rhubarb or rose hip tea - I'd have rather licked a fresh dog turd than putting any of that in my mouth so teachers were very concerned of me getting dehydrated and they called home. From that day on I had to carry a written allowance to drink coffee on all school trips which lead to me having to always sit at the teachers table at breakfast.
Yeah it’s nasty!
That has nothing to do with shit. I used to have sips of beer and hate it as an adult. I gave my kids soda. They hate it. I like it. My dad had it. He doesn't drink it. I drink it. I had it as a kid. How many kids never have alcohol but grow up loving the taste? Lots.
@@Lexor888 Not everyone likes the same things. I was never on a school trip without soda.
these are incredibly well produced. I knew a lot of the information when watching but it was great to see it put in a timeline of events clearly and consisely.
Thse are incredibly well produced.I knew a lot of the information when watching but it was great to see it put in a timeline
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Man I absolutely love your videos!! They are all so very intriguing and interesting, really like how you break everything down into chapters as well. Very well thought out and you seem to do a lot of research. Also love the illustrations you pick good pictures and little clips of videos, they all work very well together and really help bring it all together. Thank for doing a great job keep it up I watch these all the time!!
im so glad i stumbled upon your channel after reading the book "the magic of thinking big " now i have big dreams to accomplish
My mom didn't let me drink soda. I was 7 years old the first time I tried it with my dad (parents were divorced, and hooboy did my dad get a lot of grief about this lol) and it was Sprite. I thought it tasted weird and it hurt my tongue and throat from the carbonation. But that turned into an addiction lol as I grew older and was more independent during my early teen years I drank soda like crazy. My favorite drinks were "suic*des" (every soda fountain drink mixed together). When I was 16 I dropped it because I had become very overweight between elementary school and then. I lost weight pretty quickly, and now I don't even drink it on average once a year. I just have no desire for it and I think that's thanks to my mom for not exposing me to it for the first 7 years of my life.
Great! God bless you and Jesus loves you so much ❤
Thank you! You helped me kick the soda habit, just a few days and I feel so much better. I'm 59 years old. It's now been 3 months and I can't believe I liked the taste of any soda.
i replaced cola & other drinks with caffeine free green tea and more water - never looked back! i agree with you 💯 congrats on breaking free!! lol!
Good for you.
Just drink water. It‘s yummy!!
@@OrangeUp 😂your water must be different
@@alwayschange1100 I live at the Bodensee and the water from that lake is the most delicious I know. In case you don’t live at the Bodensee Evian does the trick for me too 😉
y'all skipped the question of the switch to corn syrup. i mean, it can't be the original formula, since the coke of the 60s was made from pure cane sugar. and nowadays it reads " corn syrup"
Fun fact - Australian coke is made from cane sugar which contains less sugar and is absorbed easier. American coke is made from highly refined harder to absorb fructus corn syrup which contains more sugar.
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My first encounter with Coca-Cola was in the early 50's when the Korean war was still going on. My sister spoke English and got to know some G.I.s in Daegu, South Korea. I remember going to Palgong Mountain resort with my sister and some American soldiers. We put Coke bottles in running water in a stream to keep them chilled. There were no ice chest or ice in those days to speak of for ordinary Korean people. I still remember how tasty Coke was!
Rex Tom, FBI Director of Investigative Publicity, stated in 2006 about the FBI's position: . “The FBI gathers evidence. Once evidence is gathered, it is turned over to the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice then decides whether it has enough evidence to present to a federal grand jury. In the case of the 1998 United States Embassies being bombed, bin Laden has been formally indicted and charged by a grand jury. He has not been formally indicted and charged in connection with 9/11 because the FBI has no hard evidence connecting bin Laden to 9/11.”
Hey what's ice chest I'm from Ireland and I never heard of it
@@FirebombFritzz ice box, fridge
@@FirebombFritzz a treasure chest where you put all your ice in
You missed one of the most important points! Original coke was sweetened with sugar, (sucrose) but coke-classic was sweetened with _corn syrup!_ They *never* brought the original formula back, they used the "new coke" interum to do the old switcheroo. Most people never noticed the change, which they would have noticed otherwise.
The Wheels of the coke goes round and round, round, round, round, and round, the wheels of the coke goes round and round.
Absolutely right. I used to like coke but when hfc took over I no longer liked it. I even worked for Coca cola in the 90ies
In 1979, every classroom in my elementary school received a Coca-Cola clock. I recall one teacher covering the logo in her room. Thank you for trying, Mrs. Burson.
Could you make a video about Universal, Sony and/or Warner? They're monopolies in Video and Audio. Your videos are amazing and I'm curious to see how you'd do it with Universal/Sony/Warner
Oligopolies. Oligopolies are inevitable in capitalism. Ford, Microsoft, Apple, Nike...
You just named three... U may have missed the mono in monopoly
+1
lol your on crack
It would definitely include Prince, and Michael Jackson.
I had my tonsils removed when I was 14. The thing that most effectively quelled the throat pain was drinking coke. Although in the thirties, I believe that there may have been a narcotic added.
Yes Cocaine Hence Coca(ine) Cola
Yeah cocaine.
Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll reintroduce those delicious mind-altering susbtances once more!
I asked the workers at the Coca Cola museum would I be able to try a drink with the original cocaine ingredients. She told me they had some but on the tour I found out they didn't. I was a little let down but it was a good visit overall.
well it is called coke-a cola.
Damn. Who knew there was such a disturbing history behind Coca-Cola? Kinda need to be aware now of the impact of the products we consume. Great video.
It's incredible to read everyone's stories and opinions about Coca-Cola. From childhood memories to concerns about ingredients, there's a wide range of perspectives here. It just goes to show how deeply ingrained Coca-Cola is in our culture. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, everyone!
I have literally always hated the taste of coke. As a kid I would rather have fanta if we went out, but not regularly, I was never hugely into soft drinks. Now I probably haven't had a carbonated soft drink in about 20 years. Not because of a decision I made, but I guess there is no addiction there for me, so if given the choice I'll choose something healthier instead. I've always enjoyed things in moderation more than excess, so I suppose it kept me from getting too attached to any of these sugary cancers.
I am glad I'm not the only one that just is not that much into soft drinks!
Same here. I don’t drink soda very often and usually only have one like every three months. Can’t believe there are people who drink this stuff everyday. Wonder what their health is like
Fanta is a coca cola product on God
I’m the same way, but I actually love fanta orange. I drink it once a year. It’s become kind of a ritual lmao.
There’s no need to attach the word ‘addiction’ to drinking cola. Most people who drink it aren’t addicted, they just like the taste.
Very well done; however you missed to mention that their influence in the World was so big that the reason Santa is no longer a Green dwarf-like creature is because Coke commissioned Haddon Sunblock to create a new Santa for the World and it debuted in 1931. Thus, the Santa we know is a Coca cola marketing creation. Furthermore, Coke gave instructions to the bottling company stating that the design must be such that even a drunk person at night must be able to recognise the bottle shape as being a Coke. That is why the glass bottle design was important. Tell me if you can recognise that shape blindfolded.
Wow, good catch!
Not just Santa, I've seen it switched for a Polar Bear drinking the Coca Cola adds on several occasions, but not always... I now wonder if those videos were true about using Coca Cola for cleaning up the toilet or removing rust out of steel...
@@Black-Rat The funny thing is that they tried the Polar Bear stunt, just before the World and National Geographic released photos of an emancipated polar bear on a piece of floating ice as a nonsense warning on climate change. Coke had to scrap that campaign.
@@Black-Rat coke actually works on toilets and metal, that is the only time we use it. But it must be as original as you can get.
I loved the bottle aspect of "The God's Must be Crazy."
Bro marketing on the next video is fire I’m over here taking notes I need to learn how to edit like this
Thank you SO much for this video. I am a degreed, 65 year old adult who NEVER fell for the OBNOXIOUS hype and insane marketing of Coke. It sucks. Push comes to shove if I had to have a cola/soda, it would be Pepsi or R.C. Coke is obnoxious to me simply due to it's arrogance and, relentless advertising.
My dad is turning 71 years old this year and he doesn’t like coke or any other soda 🥤
God bless you and Jesus loves you so much ❤
Sounds like Apple (the obnoxious part)
Are you a GOP supporter?
Coke leaves my mouth feeling yucky, and thirsty. I'm a Peosi person. I drank only Mountain Dew from about 6 thru 55. I will only drink a coke if it's the only one, and only over ice. I can't stand it from the bottle.
Honestly they've managed to stay ahead of any marketing laws and limitations and learn how to play around them for a century. If anything it's actually admirable of how creative they're with marketing. They're the best known brand in the world and all they sell is sugar water 😅
What a barren waste of genius, I just lament. With their ingenuous creativity, they could have made the world a far far better place. Gordon Gecko like "Greed is good!" mentality kills all.
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Not even sugar worse. High fructose corn syrup.
It's not 'marketing'. Wake up.
It's not 'marketing'. Wake up.
Great vid, but I would have liked to see a segment on "Diet Coke". The replacement of sugar with a synthetic sweetener.
yes that is a great suggestion!!
Highly addictive and known to cause cancer. On a par with cigarettes
I really like the visuals! You're just like Defunctland when it comes to that part, which is saying a lot!
Personally I could never understand what so addictive is Coca-Cola as a drink. The last time I drank one was more than 20 years ago, it wasn't terrible, but nothing special enough for me to pick up another one (the one I drank was even free from a school factory tour).
I always have told my wife I don't want our kids drinking soda. Water, milk and juice is fine and limit the juice. After seeing how coke markets kids I'm glad we've raised them that way. Geez.
Let your kids do coke what’s the worst that can happen
@@snyper105 cps ain’t gon like that one
Milk is not even good for you now. Causes obesity and creates inflammation in the body.
Limit milk as well.
I stopped drinking soda too often in the beginning of 2018 (haven't drunk any since late 2020). This video just makes me want to keep on not drinking a single drop of any soda, especially Coca-cola.
I stopped long time ago, although I drink it on occasion or two (1-2 per year). Any soft drink like that is complete shiite and a health risk to drink regularly.
Everything is now poison. The last hope was African but these gready and devilish multinational corporations and governments have managed to penetrate that market as well
@Hajos Armandio-Liviu TL;DR
WHERE WILL YOU GO WHEN YOU DIE?? HEAVEN OR HELL? WE CAN NOT HIDE OUR SINS FROM GOD... THERE IS HOPE AND SALVATION IN THE SAVING GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST. JESUS LOVES YOU AND HE DIED FOR OUR SINS....WE MUST REPENT OF OUR SINS, PUT OUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND WE WILL BE SAVED FROM THE FIRES OF HELL. MATTHEW 3:2 REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR...
I can't believe one guy is this brilliant he actually makes the videos addicting
Crap I may have to go to rehab
From my brief stint in restaurant management I remember that soda sales were BY FAR the most lucrative segment of the business, just sayin This creator is spot on with these accusations, it's easy to look up. Coke has had a lot of shady dealings ( mostly outside the US) peddling their shite
First time watching your content. Outstanding, honestly the production quality, content, structure, story telling. Genuinely impressive, well done 👍
I'm a Coca-Cola Service Tech. It's interesting to see how people react to seeing our trucks. Truly interesting video. Nice work!
Excellent documentary 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I actually knew about most of this, the beginnings, the war loophole and the Dasani disaster. But I learned about the environmental impact and the story behind the new coke and the return of the classic Coca-Cola. Thank you for an eye-opening insight into the what is arguably one of - if not the biggest corporation there is. 👏🏾👍🏾🇨🇦
According to Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story" it was called "Dr. Pemberton's Pick-Me-Up" when Pemberton was selling it. It was sold over the pharmacy counter, mixed with plain water. One day a clerk erroneously added soda water and that's how it became carbonated.
@darren collings No. It was Coca-cola.
Paul Harvey did a story on my Hidden Safe company. It was such an honor to be interviewed by him and be all of "page 3". I miss his radio program. Such interesting stories!
OH. MY. GOD. This was a STUNNING, EPIC video. The research, production values are ALL amazing. This is truly amazing work.
I worked for one of Coke's suppliers when NEW coke came out. When they discontinued it, the coke rep we dealt with told us that the complete FLOOR of people involved were immediately fired with no chance to come back. I'm assuming he was right - but that shows how cut-throat coke is.
Thanks for sharing!
I loved Coke. I was working a night shift and developed some stomach trouble. I was a young athlete, in great health. I went to the doctor and he asked me what I was doing during the course of my days and nights. Because he figured it must be something that I am eating that is irritating my stomach. When I told him that I drank a few Coke during my work shift when on a break. He told me to stop drinking the Coke for a month and see how I felt. I did that and the stomach pain and upset went away. I haven't drank Coke since the mid-eighties. Actually I haven't drank any pop or what is called cola since that time. I mainly just drink water but I have some tea, mostly herbal and maybe a coffee once or twice a week. I do have some freshly squeezed orange juice during the week and that's about it. I don't drink beer or spirits, I'm kind of a boring guy. But I do recommend people drop drinking Coke, it's addictive and it's bad for you. Same as those energy drinks. Look after yourselves.
remember when we did science class experiments as kids? put a rusty nail in coke and watch it disappear!!! They said see what it does to that nail and what is doing to your stomach? LOL! Well I never liked coke better than Barq's Root beer or Dr Pepper. Coke is an American Icone. We are so used to seeing it everywhere...mind control media is very powerful
Most soft drink is sugar loaded and not really good for you....
People though really like addictive things and substances... I certainly like doing something I like over and over and over again!
@@timeriderx Although the stomach isn't made of metal, it's made of complicated regenerative organics
@@spUrrrt It can be entertaining doing something over and over again. Just as long as it isn't harmful in anyway. And you don't want something that you do repeatedly to actually be undiagnosed OCD. Repetitive behavior patterns are not generally found to be favorable. Because whatever the behavior, it can become an addiction. Like playing video games, gambling, drinking alcohol, etc.
Being from rural Appalachia, I was raised on soda. Like, literally a case of whichever soda we had stocked a day from the ages of 4 to 15. Back then it was mainly mtn, which now I've long hated, but everyone around me drinks Coke profusely. I always hated it the most because I always got this awful burning sensation as it went down my esophagus, almost like the painful and nauseating feeling you get when you chug a soda on an empty stomach, but it'd happen with coke no matter how much I ate. Other colas didn't do that. I'll occasionally get a Dr. Pepper or Mr. Pibb when I go out to eat, maybe Cheerwine. RC cola is a guilty pleasure of mine and highly underrated imo as far as colas go. But thankfully I've mostly lived on water and milk since I was 15 or 16. I drank tea a LOT during the first year of quitting soda due to the caffeine withdrawals, but eventually I weaned off and have it missed it since. My high metabolism meant soda never effected my weight, but by 15 I was highly at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. I caught it in time to stop it and though I'm still at risk due to genetics, it's way less likely I'll develop it anytime soon according to my doctors. It was affecting my eye sight, I have a lot of neurological problems too, that though aren't genetic, can likely be blamed on a number of other factors like relying on soda during key developing years. I was covered in more acne than anyone I've ever known from 2nd grade to age 15, but as soon as I quit soda my skin cleared up very quickly and I haven't had hardly any acne since which is especially surprising considering how oily and sweaty of a person I am. It breaks my heart how commonplace it is to see children, even babies and toddlers, drink so much soda. I understand it's safer than much of the water in the world, even in the US, which is a big part of why it's so especially prevalent in Appalachian culture, and I don't want to tell anyone how to raise your kids. But please, if you can avoid it, don't get your kids hooked on sodas even if you currently are. I urge anyone to quit living on them. They're nice little treats here and there, but give your body what it really needs to function. Or at the very least, give your kids a chance to develop like human beings. Not just for obesity's sake, but for their brains and the rest of their organs. I've felt healthier and happier for it, and so do most people that managed to move on. I know it's tough but we can all do it. Best of luck, happy holidays everyone
Very nice comment, how come in Appalachia soda is so prevalent?
@@MP-tz2yn I was wondering the same thing.
What is cheerwine? I've never heard of this.
@M P bc the coal mines and other companies polluted a lot of our water supply, so throughout the 2nd half of the 20th century the only way to get safe liquids to drink for somewhat cheap was mtn dew bc it was from TN, and some other sodas.
@@ravishingravebabe2916 cheerwine is a brand/flavor of cherry cola.
To be honest… I wouldn’t change anything if I could, because small changes to such a large company in the future could even make you not exist from the insane change in history from the butterfly effect. Its best to change what we can now because we don’t know the future and should trust that bad things happen because they need to for the future. Thank you to anyone who read all this I highly appreciate it :) Thanks.
I read the whole thread 🧵 and I have to agree with what you said about the butterfly 🦋 effect
Wow, I didn't know all of this history behind Coke. What I do remember is a Coke commercial promoting world peace. Thanks for the informative video.
Coke: *commits various atrocities throughout history* Public: I sleep. Coke: *changes formula to provably better formula* Public: *HYPER ANGER ACTIVATED*
atrocities? hardly
You're a clown. "Atrocities". GTFOH
@@voltrono4166 go pour coca cola on dirty car battery terminals or rust and tell me the fact that its even allowed to be sold isnt an atrocity. atleast drugs give you a good time before they start killing you. coca cola doesnt even do that and hasnt since 1929
@@voltrono4166 are you stupid, what about the mass workers of Coca-Cola in 2003 in South America when they tried to form a union ?
It's pretty cool that here in Sweden we have our own Christmas-y soft drink, "Julmust" which is a kind of malt soda that's somewhat similar to root beer. Here the sale of Coca Cola actually drops by as much as 50% during the Christmas holidays. Coca Cola still pushes their Christmas themed marketing even here, but so far they haven't succeeded.
Here in Scotland we have another fizzy drink which actually outsells the brown stuff all year round - and has done since at least 1947 (and possibly a lot longer). The drink is called Irn Bru and it has been around since 1901.
Yeah i love Julmust but only the glass bottle Julmust cause they taste soo much better! (for the swedes: påskmust borde va olagligt sluta göra kopior av julmust)
does not taste similar to root beer however, just to clarify for the curious
Yo send us a couple
@@sprinkleLPs if you have an IKEA nearby they usually sell some around xmas.
As a very young boy 60 plus yeard ago I was visiting Granny in Newcastle with Mum .At lunchtime, Uncle, a plumber dropped in. He told me he was working at the local Coca-Cola factory installing new stainless steel tanks to replace the corroded concrete ones he'd installed a year before. I've never touched the stuff. .
In around 1994 the Coke Pavilion in Atlanta during a few stops of ‘Coke history’ they said it had cocaine. Lots of products did. I’ve seen vintage ads convincing moms that ‘elixirs’ with cocaine promised to cure ‘melancholy’
I'm disappointed in people for there being more outrage in Coca-Cola for changing their flavor rather in the other atrocities the company has done.
Notice how the video author never offers anything but accusations. That's because there's no proof that most of that mudslinging is true. This video is yellow journalism, tabloid reporting.
The way this video is framed especially at the end it’s like coke sponsored it
Because they are addicted to sugar. they don't care who suffers as long as they get their fix.
People are Jelousy about flavor
That word you used...I do not think it means what you think it means.
Most world wide recognized brands have extremely shady histories.
I really thought you were gonna say " and now its time for our BIGGEST sponser...COCA-COLA" lol
i salute the editing style its something else
I love the way you have the guts to stand against these big companies. This is happening today.
It's not like he's going to be "suicided" for making a video on youtube about coca cola.
I stopped drinking coce when I read it's ingredients. And then it dawned on me that the "secret recipe" was just a sugar water, I never regretted my choice. I was 17 at that time ☺️
Very interesting video. When I was in college I drank so many diet cokes to maintain alertness and not get sleepy in class. When I was pregnant with my son I stopped drinking sodas and drank water instead. After I had my son I could not stand the taste anymore and haven't had a diet coke since. I have had a classic coke occasionally however I haven't had one in years. I did not buy any soda when my son was young and he does not drink soda now even though he is an adult and on his own. I live in the Atlanta area and of course Coke has a huge presence here. They employ so many people and are a major contributor to the local economy. They support causes to help people and sponsor charities. As you said that is advertising for them and of course other companies do those things too. Even though I don't buy their product I think that Atlanta would be a much different place without Coca-Cola. Guess we have to take the bad with the good in this case.
The Pepsi challenge favored Pepsi because of the way it was set up. Pepsi found out that they were preferred in small samples. When allowed to have a large “swig”, people preferred Coke.
And the conclusion: they're both garbage!!
Absolutely outstanding, possibly one of the best videos I've ever watched on KZhead! Fantastically made and kept my attention throughout - and you managed to get through over 100 years of Coke's history as well! Subscribed!
Everyone knows it is the taste of raw cane sugar that original Coke had was what people liked, and not the high fructose corn syrup version which they wanted to sell you because it was cheaper.
4 cans a day on average for most of my life. Quit cold turkey last January and I've lost 30 lbs. I hit 260 and it scared me out of the addiction, not sure how but it did. Btw, after a few months, the very occasional coke I drank, (ok, not exactly cold turkey but dang near it) i noticed it started to taste like syrup. I littlerally don't like the taste anymore which makes no sense to me but thats how it is. If you have a coke addiction, I promise you can kick it if you just decide to do it. You can help by drinking iced tea with a little Orange Juice and that will help scratch the itch.
Well done Luke! 💪
@@mirowo93 Thanks!
Ive never liked the taste of regular Coke. Its after taste is way too sugary and makes me gag. Sugar free however removed the after taste and makes it delicious for me. Tho sugar free Pepsi still wins over it for me. Tho im adicted. To it. I drink like 2 Cans a day now. And i cant get rid of it.
Since I quit soft drinks that only one I ever have any more is a fountain drink with ice in it if at all because it tasts so bad. They could water it down more and sell more of it but then you could just drink water which is better for you anyway NOT DIASANTI or whaterver the they sell or Nestlie sells. That's another subject but paying the same price for tap water is just the stupidest thing I've ever known a human being to do and I dont' EVER buy bottled water. WHAT a rip off !!!
@@Mrstrikerace AGREED LOL!
Great doccie. Very interesting.
It’s funny how they were targeting kids to get hooked on the flavor and sugar, but then decide to take that away a several years later with new coke and all those kids “lost their childhood” and didn’t have that same flavor as when they were young
Another note; at one point in this video he mentions how teachers wanted to replace coke with something "more healthier" like orange juice. Ironically, Orange juice is not more healthier than coke. They are all sugar water. Orange juice is only healthier when it is inside the orange and you are eating the orange as you need the natural fiber that is in the orange or your body will get too much sugar, too fast (fiber slows down your body's absorption of sugar). There's more fiber and water in oranges and very little actual sugar compared to a glass of juice. You could not eat the amount of oranges needed to create one glass of juice. That should tell you something all by itself.
The feeding infants orange and apple juice in bottles starts the sugar addiction.
True, fruit juice has lots of concentrated fructose, but at least it doesn't have caffeine!
@@irmar Perhaps not, but sugar itself is just as addictive as caffeine and it is far more dangerous to consume outside of natural sources. If you want orange juice, eat an orange, you won't consume that much sugar (there's very little in an orange) as it is mostly fiber, which slows down the absorption of sugar in our bodies, and water. If you look at how many oranges that need to be squeezed to get one glass of orange juice, you cannot eat that many oranges in one sitting. That alone should tell you that much orange juice is too much. It has been shown that too much sugar leads to heart attack, stroke and of course, diabetes. I think soft drinks have been a plague on our society and lead to many health problems.
Orange juice also has flavoring agents added which they dont disclose.
More healthier. Haha
I like the way you transition from language use in marketing to a language teaching ad.
great video .. but iPhone playback is too low w audio on highest volume.. could be sound sabotaged
I remember the New Coke fiasco, and it nearly sunk them. People started drinking other things instead, and would have never bought a Coke again if they hadn't switched back. A common joke for years after, whenever anyone ordered a Coke, was, "This isn't that New Coke crap is it?"
@MagnatesMedia You can't beat that feeling... I wanted to highlight some incidents here in South Africa regarding Coke. In my early teens when Coke was original in tastes both acid and vanilla. I'm very sure that this ingredient was sources from real estate farms. And surprisingly; Coca Cola might have made it a mandatory ruling to have same Coke formulae all around the world. Soon after 2001+ the taste of Coke wasn't consistent. I got no satisfaction as I did when I was a kid. We used to joke about how tears came to the eye immediately after a first sip. However, in the 2001 it wasn't consistent, the bottle ( too much of hustle to buy coz you have to bring in an empty bottle or pay extra move [deposit] refunded back to you after you show up with a bottle-and it was checked if it's not cracked up anywhere. So, we or rather I find different types of packaging tasting different and to a large extent; restaurants were know to sell the original Coke-the tap cellar Coke, that is. When we discussed these with my friends in early 2000, we came into conclusion that ah eh; American Coke wasn't a knock off and it is highly confidential, that other countries mighty have bought rights to distill Coke, but cut corners everywhere with cheapos that goes flat half the bottle or even on the psssss! Another thing we joked about were Indians 😂. They were loyal to the brand that they were hanging around with it all day. Levi's jeans plus a 500ml Coke pet bottle - and some cigarette; the whole day, everyday. Some people even died due to this addiction.