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Coca-Cola C2 (also referred to as Coke C2, C2 Cola, or simply C2) is a cola-flavored beverage introduced by The Coca-Cola Company first in Japan, then later on June 7, 2004 in the United States, in response to the low-carbohydrate diet trend. This new Coke product is said to have half the carbohydrates, sugars and calories, compared to standard Coke, and is thus targeted toward dieters. It contains aspartame, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose in addition to the high fructose corn syrup typically found in cola beverages distributed in America. It has more calories than Diet C ...

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The founder, Vernon Rudolph, purchased a secret recipe (although company mythology tells a story whereby Rudolph won the recipe from a New Orleans baker in a west Kentucky poker game) for yeast-raised doughnuts and began selling them to local grocery stores in Winston-Salem in 1937. Because of customer demand, he began selling them directly from his bakery to customers. The first Krispy Kreme store was located on South Main Street in Winston-Salem in what is now called historic Old Salem. By the 1960s, Krispy Kreme was well-known throughout the southeastern United States, and it bega ...

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Krispy Kreme, Krispy Kreme - History, Krispy Kreme - Krispy Kreme Controversies

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The company can trace its history to the Minneapolis Milling Company, an organization founded in 1856 by Cadwallader C. Washburn which leased power rights to mills operating along Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River. His brother William D. Washburn also assisted in the company's development. In 1866, the Washburns got into the business themselves, building the Washburn "B" Mill at the falls. At the time, the building was considered to be so large and output so vast that it could not possibly sustain itself. However, the company succeeded and in 1874 he ...

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General Mills, General Mills - History, General Mills - Corporate governance, General Mills - Brands, General Mills - Breakfast cereals, General Mills - Other

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