The original Coca-Cola
recipe, dated 1943, has allegedly been found ... by a Georgia man who's
auctioning it off and asking for eight figures in return. Cliff Kluge claims he got
the original Coke formula from a box of papers he purchased at an estate sale.
It's on eBay for $5 million (Buy It Now for $15M)!
The authenticity of
the formula has not been confirmed:
"You don't stumble on
things like this very often," he said. "It's a letter, and a formula,
and the processes to make it. I think it's a little deeper than having
fun"
The beverage giant denies
that any recipes are the same as
the one that was developed in the 19th century and is kept safe in a locked
bank vault to this day.
"Through the years,
many have tried to crack the secret formula, but no one has been able to
reproduce the 'real thing,'" Coke says in a statement.
"The real formula is
in a vault at the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta."
Experts seem to think that
while this may well be a recipe for a cola drink, it isn't the Coke secret
formula. So far, Kluge hasn't received any offers.
Even if it doesn't sell,
he says he's glad he found the thing.
"It's just
excitement," he says. "It's an Easter egg hunt, looking for eggs out
there. And when you come up with something like this, it's Christmas."
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