13 Myths About Mega Brands 13 truthful and not the stories associated with different brands and giving it a certain brand of human history. Coca-Cola The year of: 1886 Founders: John Stith Pemberton (inventor) and Asa Griggs Candler Recipe of the addictive beverage in the world now 126 years are kept secret not only from competitors and authorized officials, but also from the manufacturer. Of the 139 900 (as of 2010) employees the best kept secret "Coca-Cola", according to rumors, he knows no more than a dozen people. Conspiracy excites the imagination: the public is haunted by the question, as the company comes from the cocaine contained in the leaves of coca? The manufacturer swears that the leaves are thoroughly cleaned from the drug, but Internet users for sure know that corporations can not be trusted! And it's not all. Competitors looking for answer to the mystery in the archives of libraries (as if in 1979 the year of the full composition of the drink ...