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Perfectly Replicating Coca Cola (It Took Me A Year)
LabCoatz
LabCoatz uses mass spectrometry, with help from other science YouTubers, to reverse engineer the Coca-Cola flavor and builds a chemically-identical replica. The video walks through a year of work on the formula.
HN mostly cites it as a notable example of reverse engineering a famously secret formula, not as a recommendation.
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