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The first 4 bottles pictured contained a tiny amount of cocaine.
Coca-Cola was created in 1885 as a patent medicine composed of extracts of Coca leaf and Kola nut. It is unknown exactly how much was used in the original recipe. Cocaine was already becoming a sensitive subject by the turn of the century, and so its use in the soda was phased out very quickly. By 1902 it was as little as 1/400 of a grain of cocaine per ounce of syrup.
Coca extract was completely phased outCoke contained no traces of cocaine by 1929.Most of this info came from here: https://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cocaine.asp
Snopes got most of its info from this book: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Formula-Inside-Coca-Cola-Best-Known/dp/1504019857
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It
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Secret Formula: The Inside Story of How Coca-Cola Became the Best-Known Brand in the World are both interesting books about coca-cola.
https://www.amazon.com/God-Country-Coca-Cola-Definitive-American/dp/0465029175//
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Formula-Inside-Coca-Cola-Best-Known/dp/1504019857/