No COCA in the COLA

eric-vaxxine

There is no Coca in Coca Cola and there hasn't been any for decades.

Would Ford be allowed to market a car as a Ford V8 despite
actually having only a V4 engine in it?

Would Simba Chips be allowed to market a bag of chips called
Chicken Peri Peri if there was no Peri Peri flavour used in production?

Might as well allow Epiphone to label their guitars as Gibsons if I
understand the situation correctly.

IceCreamMan

if there were coca in coca cola there would be no coca cola ... ?

camba

"no Coca in Coca Cola" ....

Si, you are right there, ees a registered brand name from de time de Dead Sea was still in de ICU!

Anyway dey COCA'd up the name as you said

ees like sex, een de beginning is CLASSIC, den you have LIGHT and een de end ZERO!

I tink dats called MARKETING or sumtink like it ?

aja

and no cocain either...

Hammeron

Cane n' Coke

Bob-Dubery

eric vaxxine wrote There is no Coca in Coca Cola and there hasn't been any for decades.

Would Ford be allowed to market a car as a Ford V8 despite
actually having only a V4 engine in it?

It depends on your definitions. If you're saying there's no cocoa leaf products in Coca Cola then I think that's wrong. If you're saying there's nothing in there that would be considered a narcotic then you're right. Coca Cola wouldn't be available in super markets if that were the case.

I recall a car company (can't remember) who marketed cars as 2.0, 2.5 etc even though they had smaller engines because, they said, they were equivalent in performance to a 2.0, 2.5 etc.

You have to be careful what you construe from a name and what you think is being promised. Gibson haven't had anything to do with Orville Gibson or a member of the Gibson family for some time. Fender don't have anything to do with Leo Fender any more. George Lowden lost control of the Lowden brand for a while. CF Martin, however, have kept the connection to the Martin family intact and a gentleman by the name of Martin is involved in running the company.

"Rover" is basically a badge-engineered brand now. "Lamborghini" is owned by VW-Audi and has lots of Audi tech in it.

Loads of examples. "Cream Soda" doesn't have any cream in it. and I would think that a lot of "beef", "chicken", "chilli" etc chips just have stuff that tastes vaguely like whatever word they put on the packet.

flatfourfan

X-rated Bob wrote
I recall a car company (can't remember) who marketed cars as 2.0, 2.5 etc even though they had smaller engines because, they said, they were equivalent in performance to a 2.0, 2.5 etc.

Mercedes does this. The 6.3 AMG that they sell is actually a 6.2 (6208 to be exact, so it's not even close to 6.3).

The reasoning?

They believe that they are paying homage to the original................lolz.

Bob-Dubery

How much iron is there in "iron brew"?

DonovanB

If you're looking for coca in the cola you're at the wrong store...

Nitebob

To me it's funny that the country that has the worst 'drug wars' problem are the ones subsidising the manufacture of the coao plant for import to the USA. They have this huge fight against coke, but are creating the market for it. Isn't that like saying Sunflowers are illegal but we need to manufacture (cultivate) them for Sunflower oil. Same for Olives....suppose it's just how my mind works...

Bob-Dubery

Nitebob wrote To me it's funny that the country that has the worst 'drug wars' problem are the ones subsidising the manufacture of the coao plant for import to the USA. They have this huge fight against coke, but are creating the market for it. Isn't that like saying Sunflowers are illegal but we need to manufacture (cultivate) them for Sunflower oil. Same for Olives....suppose it's just how my mind works...

There are non-narcotic products that may be produced from the cannabis sativa plant. Same with Coca - there are products other than cocaine that may be extracted from that plant.

And there are legit and non-legit uses for many things. The Coca Cola company actually extracts the cocaine during the process of manufacturing the syrup, and sells that on to pharmaceutical companies who may legally process cocaine.

Nitebob

Guy get's a knock on his door. When he opens the police is there. They ask if they can come in and look around as they suspect he might be a cultivator. They look around and sure enough they find some 'plants' in the bathroom.

"I thought you said you aren't a cultivator?!" he demands from the guy. The dude answers: "I'm not! I'm a baptist!"

So true Bob, sorry I forgot about the medicinal purposes. Interestingly as well, Black Mamba venom is used in cancer treatment (reportedly).
Sorry just had to drop that one.

DonovanB

I remember having to sign a declaration once, when I was a buyer for a lab, that I would not use a particular chemical for making drugs. It's easily available but there is some sort of register so we declare it's for legitimate usage.

domhatch

Nitebob wrote Guy get's a knock on his door. When he opens the police is there. They ask if they can come in and look around as they suspect he might be a cultivator. They look around and sure enough they find some 'plants' in the bathroom.

"I thought you said you aren't a cultivator?!" he demands from the guy. The dude answers: "I'm not! I'm a baptist!"

So true Bob, sorry I forgot about the medicinal purposes. Interestingly as well, Black Mamba venom is used in cancer treatment* (reportedly).
Sorry just had to drop that one.

*i can't confirm or deny, but i do know some of the world's most toxic animal venom and poison are being used in medical research. it was on the tv - it must be true. very interesting series called venom hunter, with a saffa herpetologist called donald shultz. the dude goes to some really, really crazy lengths to get some of this stuff - most of it worth way more than its weight in gold. i would imagine, for instance, that your haemotoxic venoms would be of assistance in conditions where anticoagulants would help...

but back to the topic. oooooooh! squirrel!
dh

deefstes

Some observations:

1. There is a difference between coca and cocoa. Coca is a plant of which leaves cocaine is made. Coca is also called cacao and is another plant from which beansanother drug is made. Sorry Nitebob, I have no idea what coao is.
2. The original version of Coca Cola did indeed contain coca, hence the name.
3. Squirrels are altricial, start mating at the age of 1 year and their teeth never stops growing.

domhatch

deefstes wrote Some observations:

1. There is a difference between coca and cocoa. Coca is a plant of which leaves cocaine is made. Coca is also called cacao and is another plant from which beansanother drug is made. Sorry Nitebob, I have no idea what coao is.
2. The original version of Coca Cola did indeed contain coca, hence the name.
3. Squirrels are altricial, start mating at the age of 1 year and their teeth never stops growing.

ah deefstes. somehow i just knew you'd end up weighing in on this thread at some point. speaking of weighing in, the male of the largest known animal with altricial young stands up to 2m tall and can weigh over 90kgs; females can be diapausal if the situation demands it.

that's one big buck, and one clever flyer.
dh

Bob-Dubery

deefstes wrote Some observations:

1. There is a difference between coca and cocoa. Coca is a plant of which leaves cocaine is made. Coca is also called cacao and is another plant from which beansanother drug is made. Sorry Nitebob, I have no idea what coao is.
2. The original version of Coca Cola did indeed contain coca, hence the name.

It was an attempt to cash in on the success of a European product named "Vin Coca" which .... well let's just say it was a bit of a "pick me up". Coca Cola was fizzy from the get go, cashing in on another craze: for carbonated water, which was thought to have medicinal properties. Coca Cola was originally promoted for it's medicinal qualities - the list of ailments addressed including morphine addiction and impotence.

3. Squirrels are altricial, start mating at the age of 1 year and their teeth never stops growing.

The answer is a slice of soup about such colour.