I thought we had enough science to figure this stuff out in a lab or something

Pepsi dates back to 1893 (as Brad's Drink, and in 1898 it became Pesi-Cola).

That's what I was thinking

It's not the same formula as the original

and if you patent it you must describe every ingredients, something they dont want to do, companies such as KFC keep their secrets very tight.

What are you talking about? Pepsi is as old Coke.

OP gonna make another TIL that Pepsi is just as old as Coca-cola with all these comments

Some people stole the recipe for coca cola and tried to sell it to Pepsi. Pepsi turned them in.

Bring back the cocaine or I'm not interested.

Yeah, it was definitely a thing when my grandfather was growing up. He always laughed at the "pepsi generation" ads because he considered himself to be the pepsi generation because a bottle of pepsi was almost twice the size of a bottle of coke when he was growing up, so that was all he drank. Growing up with a single father in rural eastern kentucky in the 1930s, he took what he could get.

My first reaction: oh, that was nice of them. But I bet the real reason is that they didn’t want Coke thinking they were behind the theft.

The brand is worth way more than the formula anyways. When people are buying Pepsi they are expecting something that tastes like Pepsi. So tbh there really isn’t a ton of value for Pepsi to know how to make coke. Their bread is buttered by selling Pepsi.

KFC's secret recipe was released year's ago by one of the family members involved in the business.

The recipe is not that secret is it, take a drink, put something as addictive as possible in it,

Maybe it's the older recipe/method to frying

I was a big fan of the old KFC chicken recipe and soggy fries/mixed vegetable slaw

These days the chicken taste like it's overfried. Can't hardly taste the pepper and other spices. Fries is hard as chopsticks. Just overall it has gone downhill

If Pepsi came into the market in 1965, then how did the employee know what a Pepsi was when Marty McFly's tried to order a Pepsi Free in a small Hill Valley diner in 1955? Checkmate.

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You can't patent a recipe, babes. Besides, the original Coca-Cola was made with coca leaves (think "cocaine"). I understand they still use those for flavoring after removing the active ingredient, which really takes all the fun out of it.

Or how was Joan Crawford already the widow of Pepsi CEO Alfred Steele in 1959 (who had been CEO of Pepsi since 1949)

Wondering what the 1965 date in the post is referring to now?

When we were growing up, the Colonel used to say it had “11 herbs and spices,” that made it finger lickin’ good…

1965 was when Pepsi-Cola Company merged with Frito Lay and formed PepsiCo Inc. Pepsi-Cola was first formulated in 1898 by Caleb Bradham.

Pepsi cola company predates PepsiCo which is when they merged with Frito Lay in 1965

Pepsi started selling a similar product in 1893. Their drink long pre-dates 1965.

Pepsi was considered the "poor folks" Coca-Cola.

Recipes can be patented, in the US at least.

Pepsi and Coca cola don’t even taste the same.

Isn't a patent 17 years, or is that just for drugs?