Coca-Cola has over 900 bottling plants in the world. That’s because at 8lbs a gallon, water is outrageously expensive to ship.
I used to work for a company that made a water based concrete additive. It was 90% water and delivered in tanker trucks Their shipping radius was 200 miles.
When I do travel medicine counseling I tell my patients that regardless of what hell hole they may be in, Coke is safe to drink. Just don’t put ice in it and make sure the cap hasn’t been submerged. Id so clean it off with friction.
The concentrate they ship around the world isn’t even a syrup anymore- still too much water. It’s a dry powder.
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