#stepan — Public Fediverse posts

Coca-Cola includes a decocanized coca leaf extract as an ingredient extracted by the #Stepan Company's plant in Maywood, New Jersey with the DEA's blessing to do so legally. In 2004 it was mentioned by an ENACO representative, that Stepan buys about 100 metric tons of dried coca leaves annually.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/apr/19/20040419-093635-4754r/
New York Times estimated it around 250-300 metric tons.
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/09/world/letter-from-the-americas-hide-and-seek-among-the-coca-leaves.html

... and the cocaine alkaloids are extracted and sold to #Mallinckrodt .
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/01/business/how-coca-cola-obtains-its-coca.html