The most guarded secret of all time.

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Working in any Coca-cola Company worldwide will not make you know what the major ingredients in Coca cola are (which is known to be the secret formula). Yes, you read right. Now that is the most guarded secret of all time. I am in Awe as to how this secret formula by Coca cola has not been discovered by anyone. Or could it be that there is no secret formula and this fact in itself is the secret?

Coca-cola has many production plants all over the world, many of which are franchised, including the Coca-cola plant in Nigeria. The Concentrate that is mixed with other ingredients like water, sweetener, preservative to give the final product is shipped from outside Nigeria, right from the Coca cola headquarters. This same concentrate is the same that is shipped to every other Coca-cola production plant in the world. Same source of concentrate. The secret which no one has been able to unravel lies in this concentrate. My question now is, how is it possible that since the conception of Coca-cola, no one has been able to say what the concentrate contains?

It is possible that there is really no secret to the concentrate which is listed in the ingredients of any Coca-cola drink as 'Natural flavours'. It may just be a facade after all to keep people guessing all the time. Kudos however to those in charge of guarding this 'secret'. I often wonder what the recruitment process is like. Like, will you swear an oath?

I haven't tasted Bigi Cola by Rite foods before but a woman I met who is in the know of operations in major beverage companies in Nigeria said with certainty that Bigi Cola is the only Cola drink that has ever come real close to tasting like Coca cola and that is why they were able to hold a large market share within a short time of introducing their products into the market. I disagreed though on the fact that they came in when Coca cola products became expensive but she insisted that if Bigi cola didn't give a closer taste alternative, Coca cola would still have people buy despite the price increase. I agree though.

Whatever it is though, kudos to the founder of Coca-cola, Dr John Pemberton and the businessman who took over it years later, ASA Griggs. Coca cola remains the most consumed beverage in the world. He gave Coca-cola life and this is why, despite his death many years ago, Coca-cola still stands - alive! He built a legacy that lives on. Same with the founders of Nestle, Unilever, GSK, Cadbury etc. The founders are all dead but their Companies live on, marching on to eternity.

Ok

Bigi Cola does taste like Coca-Cola.

Please, check your taste buds ladies.