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When launched Coca-Cola's two key ingredients were Cocaine(benzoylmethyl ecgonine) and Caffeine. The cocaine was derived from the Cocaleaf and the caffeine from Kola_nut, leading to the name Coca-Cola (the "K" in Kola was replaced with a "C" for marketing purposes

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