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Coca-Cola was named after two of its main ingredients. One was coca leaves. What was the other?
Answer
Kola nuts
Coca-Cola's name comes from the coca leaf and the kola nut, two of its original ingredients. The alliteration of 'Coca-Cola' was also appealing.
💡 Did you know?
Coca-Cola originally marketed itself as a medicinal tonic, which was common for beverages in the 1880s.
Other options people guess
- Caffeine beans
- Vanilla pods
- Citrus oils
Topics
- Coca-Cola
- brand origin
- beverages
- history
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