The exact ingredients of the popular soft drink, invented by a medicinal chemist called John Pemberton in 1886, have always been shrouded in mystery Ever since the creation of Coca-Cola in 1886, the precise recipe has been a closely guarded secret.

　　可口可乐作为我们日常生活中似乎是“必不可少”的饮料，上百年来受到喜爱它的人的一致肯定。我们所不知道的是，可口可乐是在1886年，由药剂师约翰·佩伯顿发明而成。药剂师在自家的院子调制出一锅能提神解疲、有镇静作用和减轻头痛的飲料。这种碳酸饮料后被命名为“可口可乐”。 然而配置可口可乐的秘方一直是一个“机密”被可口可乐公司高度保护着，从口感上来说，虽然有越来越多的“山寨可乐”问世，但是口感上始终代替不了正宗可乐。

　　The only official written copy is supposedly held in a U.S. bank vault and only two company employees at any one time are said to know the whole formula that gives the fizzy drink its distinctive flavour. But now, 125 years of near-total secrecy look to be over, as a website claims to have uncovered a list showing the ingredients and quantities used to make the drink. The list, it claims, was actually published without fanfare in a 1979 local newspaper article in Coca-Cola’s U.S. home town of Atlanta, Georgia – but no one appeared to realise its significance.

　　据悉，可口可乐官方全部机密配方被封存在“美国银行金库”，而且只有2名可口可乐公司高官有权利知道该品牌配方的所以细节。然而最近一份资料显示，这个已经被“密封”了125年的的全世界最最著名的饮料配方被某网站公开，该网站声称，可乐的配方并不是他们首次爆料，其实在1979年在可口可乐的家乡--美国佐治亚州亚特兰大当地报纸报道出来了，但是当时没有引起过多关注。

　　The website, Thisamericanlife.org, said the 32-year-old article – buried on Page 28 of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution – shows a photograph of a recipe purported to be an exact replica of Coca-Cola creator John Pemberton’s. The recipe had apparently been written by a friend of pharmacist Mr Pemberton’s then passed down through the generations. A can of Coca-Cola currently simply refers to its specialist ingredients as ‘Natural flavourings including caffeine’ alongside carbonated water, sugar, phosphoric acid and colour (Caramel E150d).

　　据网站Thisamericanlife.org上登出的照片显示，由可乐创始人药剂师John Pemberton“授权”写下的配方以照片的形式被刊登在《亚特兰大宪法报》(Atlanta Journal-Constitution)的第28页上，距今已经有32年的历史。有消息透露，这份配方是被药剂师John Pemberton的一个朋友以“手抄”的形式写下来，一代又一代相传至今。而可口可乐被看作是“超自然的搭配咖啡因”的饮品，并添加碳酸、糖以及磷酸色素配置而成。

　　Thisamericanlife.org consulted historian Mark Pendergrast, who has written a history of the drink and believes the recipe could be, as Coca-Cola’s famous slogan goes, the real thing.

　　He said: ‘I think that it certainly is a version of the formula.’ Should he be right, it would unlock the key to one of the world’s most recognisable brands, which is sold in more than 200 countries. In 2010 Coca-Cola became the first brand to top ?1billion in annual UK grocery sales.

　　一直跟踪可乐历史的历史学家Mark Pendergrast相信该配方就如同可乐的广告语--真正的东西一样，确实是如假包换。历史学家Mark Pendergrast说：“我确信，这个是可乐的配方，再怎样，也是配方的一部分。”如果历史学家的论断被核实，这的确将影响在200多个国家可乐公司的销售业绩，对这个百年品牌也将是沉重的打击呢。