Coca-Cola formula - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Coca-Cola_formulaCoca-Cola inventor John Pemberton is known to have shared his original formula with at least four people before his death in 1888. In 1891, Asa Candler purchased the rights to the formula from Pemberton's estate, founded The Coca-Cola Company, and instituted the shroud of secrecy that has since enveloped the formula.
History of Coca-Cola · InterExchange
www.interexchange.org › 03 › 08Mar 08, 2016 · 4 minute read. Origins of the Formula. Coca-Cola was first introduced on May 8, 1886 by a pharmacist named Dr. John S. Pemberton. The recipe for Coca-Cola removed the alcohol present in Pemberton’s previous drink recipe for Pemberton’s French Wine Coca, as prohibition legislation had been passed in Atlanta, Georgia.