What is Coca-Cola?
{{more sources|date=June 2018}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} [[File:Coca-Cola logo.svg|Coca-Cola logo, the logo is famous, The logo was first used in 1941.|thumb]] [[File:World-of-coca-cola.jpg|World of Coca-Cola building|thumb]] [[File:Commercial. At the Coca Cola Plant BAnQ P48S1P06539.jpg|thumb|Coca-Cola bottling factory. January 8, 1941, [[Montreal]], [[Canada]].]] '''Coca-Cola''' is a [[carbonated]], sweetened [[soft drink]] and is the world's best-selling soda. A popular [[wikt:nickname|nickname]] for Coca-Cola is Coke. [[The Coca-Cola Company]] claims that the beverage is sold in more than 200 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualvender.coca-cola.com/ft/index.jsp|title=Brand Fact Sheet|date=December 2, 2008|publisher=Coca-Cola official website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050608011029/http://www.virtualvender.coca-cola.com/ft/index.jsp|archive-date=June 8, 2005}}</ref> Coca-Cola was first made in [[Columbus, Georgia]].The company's headquarters are in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Coca-Cola's main rival is [[Pepsi]] because of the similar taste of their main product. Coca-Cola has 7 cubes of [[sugar]], whereas Pepsi has 8 cubes of sugar. The Coca-Cola Company is proud to have a long history of sponsoring major events, organizations and projects around the world. Among their most well known sponsorships are [[American Idol]], [[ITunes|Apple iTunes]], [[Black Entertainment Television|BET Network]], [[NASCAR]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]], [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and the [[Olympic Games]]. After their products were put back on sale in [[Myanmar]] in 2012, the only countries that Coca-Cola cannot be bought officially are [[Cuba]] and [[North Korea]], due to trade bans with the US.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19550067|title=In which countries is Coca-Cola not sold?|date=September 11, 2012|work=BBC News|access-date=June 19, 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> == History == Coca-Cola