Which Coca-Cola archive preserves the company’s original handwritten formula document?

The World of Coca-Cola preserves Coca-Cola’s original handwritten formula document.

The World of Coca-Cola is a museum and visitor attraction in Atlanta, Georgia, dedicated to Coca-Cola’s history, advertising, packaging, and international presence. Its exhibits include material connected with the company’s long-standing claim that the beverage formula is a closely guarded trade secret.

The document displayed there is commonly described as a handwritten copy or version of the formula. It is not the everyday production recipe printed for public use. Coca-Cola’s concentrate is manufactured through controlled processes, and the company has historically limited access to the complete formula.

Visitors sometimes assume that the museum display proves the formula is publicly revealed. It does not: displaying a historic document is different from publishing the complete modern manufacturing formula. The attraction presents the artifact as part of Coca-Cola’s history and secrecy story.