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Leon's avatar

It does sound like offering drinks with dubious health benefits is the way to make it! Propping a post on Yakult but also sounds similar to red bull etc

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Trungphan2's avatar

I am looking forward to that piece!

My wife and I have really gotten into Yakult + 7-up (from a Korean restaurant we love)

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Leon's avatar

Finally completed the piece!

https://hiddenjapan.substack.com/p/the-yakult-story

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Trungphan2's avatar

Queuing up!

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David A.'s avatar

"Candler needed to protect the ‘Coca-Cola’ trademark and the name had to remain 'descriptive' (in other words: the drink needed to contain traces of the coca leaf)."

Great article! But wanted to point out a small flaw - The above statement is not correct. Trademarks are required to NOT be descriptive, because descriptive names are not accorded status as a trademark. So, the statement above is actually the opposite of the truth.

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Kubilay Erdogan's avatar

“Candler needed to protect the ‘Coca-Cola’ trademark and the name had to remain "descriptive" (in other words: the drink needed to contain traces of the coca leaf).

So, Pemberton created a powder for the formula with "decocainized" coca leaves and kola nuts, which he called "Merchandise #5" (this is the secret formula that is kept in Coca-Cola’s vaults).”

Was it Candler who created the powder but it’s mistyped above?

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