The Coca-Cola empire has never been exempt from the fact that, every so often, new hoaxes arise regarding its products that end up becoming Urban Legends . Remember that urban legends are always intended to be credible stories - even if they contain data pointing to the contrary - to scare society. Word of mouth is its main means of communication, which encourages the addition of new imaginary elements to the story each time the story is told. In the specific case of Coca-Cola, the company has suffered an authentic campaign of defamation. In spite of everything, it is still a leader in soft drink sales,well above the rest of companies. How do you manage to escape the waves of Urban Legends that tend to proliferate every so often? ...
Undoubtedly, the most popular is the one that talks about its supposed secret ingredient. At first, its creator, a pharmacist, developed a syrup to combat nausea and dizziness. Its main compound was the leaves and seeds of coca.
Once the use of these substances was banned, the formula of this syrup had to be replaced. This is where the best kept secret in history was conceived: the secret formula of Coca-Cola , which they say is safe in a safe in US- . Now, its creator sold the patent for 2300 dollars. The changes made by The Coca-Cola Company are unknown . Many have accused the brand of continuing to use cocaine, which is why it hooks consumers very strongly. WHO has declared that it does not contain cocaine, so it has to be something else, what could it be?
Focusing on the legends proper, another very popular is the one that says that there are cans contaminated by urine of rats . They say that they rest on the pallets where the Coca-Colas are stored and that they urinate on them. When it comes to our hands and we drink directly from them, we are immediately infected by a deadly disease. Do you know of a close case?
Then there are those that affect their acids dissolve anything: from human blood -assure that the police use it to clean crime scenes -, nails (in four days), fillets and until the use of Coca-Cola helps Unclog the pipes.
There are also some that go further: some claim that Coca-Cola Zero produces cancer, that Fanta Uva produces rectal tumors, etc. Also, on the occasion of the terrorist attack in the Atocha station in Madrid (11-M), there was a sharp guy who assured - via e-mail - that a terrorist had warned him not to drink Coca-Cola as of April 3 ...
Obviously, all this information is Urban Legends , therefore, mere hoaxes. It is amazing how Coca-Cola has managed to get out of these stories, perhaps because the absurdity of their statements are intuited that they are totally false. These are some of many ... Are there any that have caught your attention?