Coca Leaf facts
While investigating facts about Coca Leaf Extract and Coca Leaf Uses, I found out little known, but curios details like:
To produce a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of pure cocaine requires about a ton of fresh coca leaf
how coca leaf is made?
The Stepan Company is the only legal US importer of coca leaf. They sell the cocaine extract to the only US pharmacy able to purify it for medicinal purposes, and sell a cocaine-free extract to Coca-Cola, needed for flavouring, which they can't get anywhere else.
What is coca leaf used for?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what is the coca leaf good for. Here are 9 of the best facts about Coca Leaf Benefits and Coca Leaf Canada I managed to collect.
what's coca leaf?
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Coca-Cola uses the Coca leaf, the plant from which cocaine is produced, in it's formula. It removes the cocaine and sells it to Mallinckrodt, a pharmaceutical company that processes cocaine for medical use.
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Coca cola is named after the coca leaf (cocaine source) and the cola nut (coffein source), two former ingredients.
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Coca-Cola never actually had cocaine in their formula, just the coca leaf for it's bitter taste
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Coca-Cola still uses coca leaf extract in the secret Coke formula. It’s made for Coke by the only company legally allowed to import or process coca in the U.S., and even though it’s not the straight up cocaine from the original 1800s formula, I was surprised.
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Coca-Cola’s Secret Ingredients Used to be Cocaine and Caffeine from the Coca Leaf and the Kola Nut
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The current formula for Coca-Cola actually contains decocainized flavor essence of the coca leaf.
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Someone set up a petition to legalise coca leaf tea in the UK.
