Dr. John Stith Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist, combined coca leaves and kola nuts to make a syrup, which was mixed with carbonated water to what is now America’s favorite cola, Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola, for example, has more of a nutmeg flavor, O’Keefe says, while Pepsi is more of a cinnamon flavor. In 1985, when Coca-Cola changed its formula and created what became known as “New ...

The kola nut has always been popular in West Africa – but more than a hundred years ago it came to Europe and the US. Veronique Greenwood reports on how it helped create a huge brand.

The humble cola nut has showered good fortune upon the villagers of Boma, a town on the banks of the Makenneh River in Sierra Leone. Walk into a Sierra Leonean village and you may be welcomed with ...

Today, Coca-Cola does have the extracts of the kola nut. The ingredients used in the soft drink are heavily guarded. However, the company has been using an artificial flavour to give a sweetening ...

For instance, a single cola nut, previously sold for GH¢1, now costs GH¢5. Subsequently, a bowl containing 100 cola nuts has increased from GH¢60 to GH¢400 while a size 34 bucket has jumped ...