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The Coca-Cola Company has on occasion introduced other cola drinks under the Coke name.

The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate for soda fountains of major restaurants and foodservice distributors. The bottlers then sell, distribute, and merchandise Coca-Cola to retail stores, restaurants, and vending machines throughout the world.

A typical 12-US-fluid-ounce (350 ml) can contains 38 grams (1.3 oz) of sugar (usually in the form of high-fructose corn syrup in North America). The bottlers, who hold exclusive territory contracts with the company, produce the finished product in cans and bottles from the concentrate, in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The Coca-Cola Company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world. The drink has inspired imitators and created a whole classification of soft drink: colas. The secrecy around the formula has been used by Coca-Cola in its marketing as only a handful of anonymous employees know the formula. The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a closely guarded trade secret however, a variety of reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published. The drink's name refers to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves and kola nuts (a source of caffeine). In 1888, Pemberton sold Coca-Cola's ownership rights to Asa Griggs Candler, a businessman, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the global soft-drink market throughout the 20th and 21st century. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. Based on Interbrand's "best global brand" study of 2020, Coca-Cola was the world's sixth most valuable brand. 87 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings each day. Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.