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The name Coca-Cola derives from the soda's two original ingredients—the kola nut and, you guessed it, cocaine. Well before cocaine was illegalized by the U.S. government in 1914, the drug played an integral role in flavoring your average glass of Coke. The official recipe changed in 1903, using "spent" coca leaves that had a bare amount of active substance left in them. Today, the flavor of the soda partially comes from cocaine-free coca leaf extract prepared at a factory in Mayfield, New Jersey, the only factory legally able to process the drug in the United States.
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