The History Of Coca-Cola And Mentos Reaction

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Invented in 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, Coca-Cola and Mentos reaction became a worldwide sensation on June 3, 2006 (iml.jou.ufl). It is going to tell not about the experiment on Coke and Mentos but rather the background information on the subject.
Coca-Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton, a pharmacist from Georgia (iml.jou.ufl). It was first called Pemberton's French Wine Coca and was sold as a medicine to help cure colds and give people a boost of energy (iml.jou.ufl). Later on, the name was developed into Coca-Cola by Frank Robinson, John Pemberton’s bookkeeper (iml.jou.ufl). The name Coca-Cola existed because of the Coca leaf, which was present in Coca-Cola, contained cocaine (iml.jou.ufl). After Pemberton died in 1888, Asa Griggs Candler became the sole owner of Coca-Cola in 1891 (iml.jou.ufl). Currently, Coca-Cola is owned by a man named, Muhtar Kent, a friend of Asa Griggs Candler (iml.jou.ufl)
In the first year, Coca-Cola was released to the public, Dr. Pemberton sold nine glasses …show more content…

On January 31, 1893, The Coca-Cola logo is written in the tail of the "C" in Coca (coca-colajourney). For only one year, 1890-1891, the Coca-Cola logo made an extreme change, extra swirls (coca-colajourney). After the time of extra swirls, the Coca-Cola Company went back to its original style from the 1887s (coca-colajourney). From 1941 - the 1960s the logo went back to its original but this time touched up the tail (coca-colajourney). In 1947, the Coca-Cola Franchise made a different development of the logo, adding a red disc and a Coca-Cola bottle (coca-colajourney). 1958-1960s, the Coca-Cola Company made a drastic change in the logo, making it a fish-like shape (coca-colajourney). In 1969, the logo went back to its original style, but the Coca-Cola industry added a white wave under the logo (coca-colajourney). Finally in 2011 until present day, the Coca-Cola industry added names on the Coca-Cola bottles

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