This is a new level of sadism. Ann forces Dave to make his own horrible concoctions and then taste them :))

Anne: "Was that yours?" Dave: *struggling to even breathe* "Might've been"

Funny how even when Dave's making something for himself, he still ends up tasting something horrible

I love Dave’s chaotic energy

Ann and James : *takes the experiment seriously* Dave: *Is a little kid having fun*

I loved Dave's mad scientist approach and James's true scientist approach. Like mother, like son.

Loved seeing James in this one. He has his mother’s sensibilities. And as always, Dave cracks everyone up.

"How could I have cheated and mine still tastes worse than the other two?" HAHA Dave was making me laugh a lot in this video.

Dave tasting his own mixture: [choking] TASTES LIKE COKE Ann: was that yours? Dave: [still choking] MIGHT'VE BEEN 😂🤣

I love how Anne and James try adding things carefully, and Dave just goes ham on the burnt caramel.

I used to work in soft drink manufacturing, not for coke but we did own brand versions of things. The recipe isnt so secret, its more the flavourings are trademarked and you are only allowed to make something that tastes sort of like it. Thats why when someone tried to sell pepsi recipe to coke they sent them on their way. Coke, and other soft drinks, aim for 10 brix. In the UK we'd use glucose syrup as the base, US likely hugh fructose corn syrup, you balance with acidity, a combo of citric and malic acid (coke may not defo use the same ones). As an acidity reglator trisodium citrate is added. Colouring would mostly be malt extract, but super concentrated so you only use a little. But again cola might use this burnt caramel, own brands tend to avoid artificial flavours and big brands dont care. Flavours are 'coke' and 'coke nut extract', the latter being white and opaque. Then ofc preservatives - usually potassium sorbate as its heat stable and flavourless. Coke will add caffeine but generally own brands dont. Great video though! In industry sometimes we'd do something like this, or if its a more lucrative contract, whap it through a mass spectrometer 😅

Brazil has a slightly different labeling law. So in mine it says the acid is " phosphoric acid" and it has nut of cola extract. Also caffeine (which is basic, may reduce the acidity), caramel IV food coloring (i'm sure there is a book somewhere that tells what this is in more detail) and a vague "natural flavor". So, i imagine reading multiple countries labels may give you more clues.

This should be a series. You, Dave and the kids racing to discover a recipe.

At least Dave doesn't taste weird things Ann make. This time he make it himself 🤣🤣

Series pitch: Dave tries to recreate Ann's stuff and Ann has to taste them.

This is very cool. I am part of the Open Soda group. We spent many many years trying to create a great tasting cola as well as many other flavors. Our group is an off shoot of the original Open Cola recipe but we reformulated it a lot and improved method(thanks to the defunct Cube Cola in UK). Our flavor is some where between Coke and an American brand called RC. I have several notes on your attempt if you are interested. The acid is VERY important to your flavor. For the right flavor you need Phosphoric acid, which is hard to get and hard to get in small quantities. I know you said you were waiting on an order. Maybe you are going to get some. But you defiantly need some kind of acid. Next big one is, flavor oils don't like to mix with water. Maybe you did something to get them to mix that wasn't filmed or that I missed, cause i didn't see your oils separating and you didn't comment about them being on the top. We use gum Arabic, hopefully you know about blooming it, other wise defiantly look into that. We managed to get out hands on the professional pre bloomed stuff by just asking for a sample(which lasts us for years). Then you have to get the flavor oils to break down into very tiny particles. We use a whisk on a drill! Also oil is alcohol soluble, so just a TINY amount of vodka helps too. I caught that you put salt in, which is not a bad plan. The sodium listed in the ingredients comes from Sodium Citrate and Sodium Benzoate. The 1st boosts the flavor a bit and the second is just a preservative. So salt is a good at home replacement. Lastly, you didn't carbonate any of them(that you talked about, but I did see bubbles in the glasses so maybe you used soda water? ) so hopefully your flavor testing was against flat coke. What we have found is the major flavors of soda are - Lemon, Lime, Orange, Grapefruit, and cinnamon(technically what we get in the states is cassia). I know that sounds really citrusy, but when you blend them together well, it makes a very good cola. We have also found if you put angostura bitters in coke, it tastes just like pepsi(but bitter) so what ever pepsi's secret ingredients, is also in angostura's secret recipe. If any one wants more info on our work, I would normally point you to our website(opensoda.org) but hackers have taken it down and I haven't put it back up some where safe yet. So for now here is the recipe and instructions for our cola.. docs.google.com/document/d/1md7XCTLOTi4CiKyBvcxnf8EGzLEvyskwwTAKnxdiRbU/edit Here's the youtube video of me making it(part 1 cause this was posted back in the 10 minute limit days)... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htd2fKxl3bDQhqs.html And here's our facebook group... facebook.com/groups/371921081422/

Everyone : carefully measuring each droplet they add Dave : MORE

"How could I have cheated and yours still tastes more like coke?" "HOW DID YOU CHEAT?" 🤣

This is a heartwarming and entertaining video, lovely to see James joining this game, and Dave is charming as always! Well, Ann is just the Queen of Baking, so she is absolutely amazing! Thank you for your creativity!

James: I'm going to start by smelling everything. Dave: *grabs bottles and pours*

Dave: The secret ingredient for Coke is Pepsi. Reg Coca Cola guy: "runs after Dave"

I love how Dave was just dumping things in while Ann and James seem to be more careful and technical. This is really interesting and makes you think about what is in the things you consume!

In the US they call out the dark-brown color as being "caramel color," so the burnt caramel syrup is almost certainly spot-on. One ingredient I was surprised you didn't try adding in is nutmeg. Many of the recipes I've seen call for that.

I love that you and your son are measuring things so precisely & making it look scientific; then Dave just goes at it like a bloody caveman screaming "MOAR!"

Ann carefully putting one drop at a time in and Dave's like "haha, let's put HALF A JAR OF THIS to start with!" love it.

Can we all just acknowledge and appreciate how much work, time and energy Ann puts into these videos! It's truly amazing!😍

Hmm... Witnessing Dave's "strategy" in a kitchen/food lab environment does provide some context as to why Ann is so easily able to feed him nasty stuff 😂

Last few months, she discovered the secret sauce for Cadbury Flakes, now she's discovering the recipe for Coca-Cola. *No company nor recipe vault can defeat the power and the pure intellect of Ann Reardon.*

Dave's recipe is a revenge for all those horrible foods he had to try.

Snape : There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making.

This was way more fun to watch than I would have expected. Definitely consider making this a series.

I love how the story of the two people that know the recipe aren't allowed on a plane at the same time as if they are the US president and vice president.

Dave adding in the pepsi concentrate and playing it off as a "Secret Ingredient" was comedy gold

Definitely an interesting watch, the sheer amount of sugar involved is terrifying though! I find that caffeine does make a difference though, it has a certain bitterness that's more noticeable by its absence than a taste. Just an observation from someone who has, rather begrudgingly, had to reduce their caffeine intake significantly. Apparently one cup of drip coffee every 20 to 40 minutes for 9 hours a day isn't good for you. Who knew, right? :P

this is a great concept for a series. id love to see you guys trying out different recipes and theories trying to figure out the "best" for other drinks and things.

Son: methodically and carefully measures out using a pipette. Dave: Pours stuff into stuff XD

The fact Ann is actually a good scientist and James got the closest is stunning me.

Ann, it is so refreshing to see someone who's not concerned about how well they're liked but how they effect others feelings and lives. You are a gem. Your family is wonderful and I find you blessed. Thank you.

Not related to the video but I'm truly impressed by your family's calligraphy! As someone with terrible writing and with my mom being a doctor with infecipherable writing I'm shocked at how beautiful all of your family's is!

I would like to congratulate James for managing to beat Ann at a flavor matching contest, that seems like it would be no easy feat

Ann and James - Could clearly eventually work out the real coke recipe together Dave - Comedic relief? Love you guys XD

I absolutely love seeing James in your videos. He was so interesting to watch and hear in the spicy chocolate video and now in this one, he looks really calm and very into the experiment. I hope he gets to appear more if he likes it too!! ^^ (Also congrats to him on being the closest one to find the taste!)

I love this family and how sweet they interact w/ each other and support their Mom's vids!! Love all vids you make!

I feel like Ann's videos are the level of quality that the people who invented the internet expected all the content to be.

Dave as crazy scientist, he's got the mean laughter and the 'more, MOre, MORE!' down hahaha. I love that James got so close to the taste! He's got more of your genes Ann!

I love that even the games you choose for sponsorship have something educational and good for the mind) And this is a great creative idea! Hope there's more of these! ❤

Love when the family gets in on the videos. You are all such wonderful people, thanks for sharing with us!

What recipes would you like us to try and figure out next?

“It’s not quite coke yet…” - Dave, King of the Understatement

I love seeing you and your family having such great fun time together! Keep ‘em coming please! 😁😁

I just want to say thank you for all the amazing content over the years Ann, I truly cannot help but appreciate all the wonderous amounts of cleaning you have gone through to show us how fake some content is. I can't wait for another ten years... only if you are up to it though! P.S. Please, please, PLEASE, keep the Never or Clever's coming I absolutely love the dynamic you and Dave have when reviewing items and only hope I can make my wife smile as you make Dave smile!

"It's alive", that just had me laughing so much. At least this time Dave is not the only person food testing, and I love Dave's recipe.

Dave's methodology is totally mine. Ann and James measuring out exact parts, tasting and making notes perfectly... then Dave just pouring things in and hoping for the best XD lets just add a bit of this and a bit of that it'll be fine lol!

MOAR!! Wonderful. One of my favorite videos you've ever done. I'd love to see more of these.

James has such a good sense of taste. Is he on his way to creating his own recipes?

Ann is so wholesome that in a video where she mentions cocaine a kids app is willing to sponsor her

Dave thinks outside the box and I reckon with a little tinkering Pepsi - Coke could be the ultimate fusion... Slogans like: "It's not quite the real thing!" or "That's kinda what I like!" Great vlog. Really fun to watch :)

This video made me so happy. Thanks for sharing your fun, family experiment with all of us. I'd love to see more.

Your camera confidence is amazing, ive been watching your channel for a long time and am happy to see how well youve done to pop up in news and mentions by other channels and podcasts

Make this into a series "Food Lab" or "Making the most from my food science degree"

Important to note: Caffeine actually has a pronounced, distinctive bitter flavor!

Coke syrup tankers must placard as an 8 corrosive. That means it's alkline. At least an 11 on the PH scale. The recipe is split in half and the syrup is made in Dallas and trucked to New York to be mixed with seltzer or whatever the second half of the recipe is. My dad used to drive tankers for Coke. Also we use Coke as a deiceing agent here in the US. I hope that helps.

That was nice, really enjoyed the competitive element even though it seemed to be more fun and games than serious. Nice to see more of your crew. Hoping lockdown will be over soon so we Americans can visit Melbourne again!

I find it really weird how simple the labeled ingredients are there. Here in Brazil is: carbonated water, sugar, cola nut extract, caffeine, caramel IV coloring, phosphoric acid acidulant and natural aroma. It specifies which color it uses, that it has cola nut and its more nut extract than caffeine, which aciduland it uses, and that all the secret ingredients combined under "Natural aroma" do not make up more of the product than the coloring or the acid.

It is pretty cool that the one that tasted most like coke was so light in colour, when that acid comes in I hope you remake his recipie but with the right acid.

Love this idea! The family teamwork is so funny. Thanks for amazing content as usual!

It’s cute how James and Ann put such similar ingredients in a similar order. Like mother like son

Seeing you testing and mixing ingredients, the little boy in me wanted someone to scream: "It's alive" maniacally. And, as always, Dave doesn't disappoint.

I’m a research student and the next time I’m doing an experiment I’m doing it like Dave does 😂😂😂 “MORE”.

Dave's way of testing is like mine- that's why I watch your videos! I get to watch someone bake perfectly, plus you're super informative and helpful

Thank you for crediting my clip in the description. :)

Anne: Let's mix different recipes and have a taste test. Dave: Chance for revenge 😈

Ann and James: carefully smells and examines each ingredient, measures and records each amount, adds slowly and adjusts carefully Dave: Is utterly Dave 🤣🤣

Great video as always. I love the combo of interesting, educational and humorous content you put out. Well done.

Clearly Dave missed out on being a mad scientist and James has a keen set of taste buds.

"My secret ingredient in coke was pepsi." -Dave 2021

Gotta be honest, I really hate that label on coke. "flavour" tells you nothing, and in a world where you can be allergic to virtually anything, accurate food labels are important.

Dave adding the Pepsi syrup, cue me telling at the screen: “That’s cheating!!!”

I absolutely love this joint family task video! Please do more

Not only is the experiment fascinating, but I love the family vibe going on!

My niece showed me a video on tik tok that looked very suspicious. It turns out that you debunked that video and prevented her from getting very harmed. So glad that you are doing this Ann and bringing awareness to the issue :)

I just love your channel so much... it was excellent before but now with the addition of your family it's just top tier

These videos always make my day better! Such a good idea to try to come up with your own recipes

The list of patrons is getting longer and longer. It's nice to see so many people supporting honest content creators. 😄

I just received your book because my parents were holding it as a birthday present! I love it, it’s my favourite cookbook and I really enjoy reading all the technical stuff about different ingredients and how they affect the ending result.

I’ve been watching you for yearsss, I loved this video! You should do more like these

It was fantastic to watch all of you try this, and have fun! I hope to see more videos of you guys trying to crack secret recipes

I love how Ann and James were very scientific about it, with Dave just going for mad science and playing around. It's so delightfully wholesome

Listening to your recipe after James said his, I was amazed how similar they were! You two must have very refined and distinguishing pallets!

Loved this one. You should definitely make this a series.

I’m amazed how you and James arrived at such a similar ingredient combination! Well done James for your winning recipe. I wish I could taste it!

nothing like snuggling in bed on a friday night enjoying Ann's content. Her voice is so soothing - we need a podcast! :D

4:38 "whoa!" 6:21 I love how Dave gives the camera this dirty look as if he didn't make this all by himself Ann: So I went out into the garden to collect some lavender and added that Dave: adds Pepsi *wink* James: wins anyway

This may be my favorite video from Ann in the past year. The experimentation on an interesting topic with great Reardon family interactions!

Your videos always put me in a good mood, thank you!🥰

I love how much your content differs from the sea of family friendly content out. That is to say it has no obnoxious screaming, constant merch plugs and thousands of mid roll ads. Its truly always a joy to see you and Dave on camera. Keep doing what you're doing!

This reminds me of gourmet makes - all we need is a read-through of the ingredients haha. Also, I now desperately need a Claire Saffitz and Ann Reardon collab.

Omg I found about this channel a week ago and I'm binge watching all the videos. Me and my family love u and just recently, we've ordered ur cook book 📖 ❤

James: Carefully measures ingredients Dave: MOAR!!!! *sploosh*