I was going to ask about a KFC counterpart since they are similarly secretive; but it turns out this is publicly known, at least according to some sources.
> KFC Accidentally Revealed the Top-Secret Recipe for Its Fried Chicken
There's also an Irish company that makes a KFC-like recipe. The current owner's father was reportedly a friend of Colonel Sanders and got the recipe from him. I've tried it and it's really good: I ended up buying an 11-kilogram sack.
I recommend deep-frying oyster mushrooms for a vegan version of KFC too.
Never been a fan myself and can't figure out why people seem to like it. It tastes bland, to me and tends to be oily in a disgusting way. I am not sure if it's a nostalgia thing, or my fellow 'Murikins are just so whitebread they think a wee bit of herbs and spices are a an absolute flavor apocalypse, or maybe it's a combo of both.
I wish someone runs with this. After the sugar-watering of the leading colas (first Pepsi and then slowly Coke too), I found RC Cola much later. It was a refreshing change but now it is difficult to find where I live. I'm sure this is due to some arm-twisting practices by the big two - it would greatly please me to see someone coming along and stealing their lunch.
The difference in taste of Jolt is too large to be attributed to only caffeine and beet sugar.
While it's not open source, there is a successor to Jolt Cola in Germany called Volt Cola. It's supposedly the same recipe as Jolt, except it has more caffeine. Jolt was too long ago for me to compare the taste, but it's good.
> KFC Accidentally Revealed the Top-Secret Recipe for Its Fried Chicken
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/food-cocktails/news/a63288/kfc-...