The Disturbing History of Coca-Cola

Hey legends! This video was a longgg time in the making. Trying to cover over 100 years of history in 1 video was an interesting challenge, but hopefully you like the end result. 😅 We look at how Coca-Cola began as a dodgy patent medicine, the marketing genius that made Coke so successful, how Coca-Cola profited from the war, the very dark consequences of what Coke has done, and even how they made one of the most successful mistakes ever. There’s obviously loads more than that too, so sit back and enjoy 😉 (I would say grab a nice cold glass of Coke, but given the contents of the video... maybe not...) Also, thanks to Lingoda for making this video possible. They’re a great online language school, and their Sprint challenge is absolutely amazing. You can get up to 100% cashback if you attend all the lessons you sign up for. Just click this link to learn more (and get a discount): try.lingoda.com/Sprint_MagnatesMedia 🌍 AND FINALLY... please remember to turn on the notification bell if you want more free mini-movies like this! There’s also loads of other documentaries already posted on MagnatesMedia to watch whenever you want!) Thanks again for all the support

This company is so big, I’d bet their bottle caps would become the currency in a post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland.

Man it’s actually ridiculously sinister how 90% of the common brands we see today came to be, scary.

“I’d like to take this time to tell you about this video’s sponsor; Coca-Cola.”

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

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 🤯

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.

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.

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.

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....

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 !!!

I subbed after the line " you don't build an empire selling sugar by telling the truth". So epic.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.