Pepsi Formula Might Be Disclosed

Coca-Cola’s secret formula is famously locked inside a vault in the company’s museum in Atlanta. But a historic Pepsi recipe could see the light of day, depending on how a New York court rules.

Heirs of Richard John Ritchie, credited with reformulating Pepsi-Cola in 1931, filed suit Friday against PepsiCo Inc. in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York for the right to share Mr. Ritchie’s  “extraordinary life story’’ with “historians, collectors, journalists and television and film producers.’’

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/05/08/pepsis-recipe-heads-to-court/