Paradoxically, most of the world's population quite definitely knows which they prefer - Cola or Pepsi. Moreover, for sure, each of them will be able to describe the difference in the taste of the two drinks. However, whether this difference really exists is a highly controversial issue.
Coca-Cola was developed over a hundred years ago and was a pharmaceutical product. At first it was marketed as a remedy for indigestion, but soon became an "energy drink" due to its high content of caffeine and cocaine. Moreover, it was thanks to the latter that the brand got its name. The second drink appeared somewhat later and from the very beginning did not hide its position, acting as an "alternative to Coca-Cola". The lemonade was created solely for commercial reasons, so the taste was deliberately "adjusted" to the already well-known "Cola", and the name was chosen from the medical terms actively used in those years. By "Pepsi" was meant "pepsin", which was on everyone's lips - there was a lot of talk about how it helps digestion. The important thing is that Pepsi has never included "invigorating" ingredients. That is why, when, for obvious reasons, cocaine was excluded from Coca-Cola, the difference between the drinks became very arbitrary. And soon it turned out to be completely symbolic: Koke was also banned from using caffeine. Thus, if at first Pepsi tried to copy Cola without using its key components, then after a few years the situation was reversed, completely confusing whose recipe was more original. The truth is that the composition of both drinks is almost entirely based on sugar and water. In addition, they add dyes, acids and a lot of other elements that are not too clear to an ordinary inhabitant, in which all the difference lies. The chemical composition, of course, is different, but it is unlikely that it will be possible to recognize the drinks precisely because of the same basis. Imagine two kilogram bags of sugar, one of which is mixed with a spoonful of salt. Can you tell the bags apart after drinking a glass of tea?
