The ingredients of coca-cola

Coca-Cola is a drink that has two plants in it: coca and kola. Coca is a plant from South America that has cocaine in its leaves. Cocaine is a drug that makes people feel more alert and energetic. Kola is a plant from Africa that has caffeine and theobromine in its seeds. Caffeine and theobromine are also drugs that make people feel more alert and energetic. Coca and kola were used as medicines and traded a long time ago.

A man named John Pemberton made Coca-Cola in 1886. He was a pharmacist from Atlanta, USA. He mixed coca and kola with water, sugar, and bubbles. His friend Frank Robinson gave the drink its name and logo. Coca-Cola became very popular, but some people did not like that it had cocaine in it. The company stopped using cocaine in 1903, but it still uses coca and kola without the drugs.

Coca-Cola is now a very famous drink that is sold all over the world. It has many different kinds of drinks, not just the original one. According to the Coca-Cola Company, a 12-ounce (355-ml) can of Coca-Cola contains 34 mg of caffeine. This is much less than the amount of caffeine in a 12-ounce (355-ml) cup of coffee, which is about 95 mg2.  Diet Coke has slightly more caffeine, with 42 mg per 12-ounce (355-ml) can.

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