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He [John Stith Pemberton] named it Coca-Cola, because it included the stimulant coca leaves from South America and was flavored using kola nuts, a source of caffeine....
Contrary to popular belief, the coca leaf extract ******* was never added to Coca-Cola, per se. Because ******* is naturally present in untreated coca leaves, small amounts of ******* were also present in the beverage. Today's Coca-Cola uses "spent" coca leaves, those that have been through a ******* extraction process, to flavor the beverage. Since this process cannot extract the ******* alkaloids at a molecular level, the drink still contains trace amounts of the stimulant
