I had a friend in sweet beverage industry. What he told me is that recepy for Coca-Cola is not a mystery for the last 20-30 years. It was reversed long time ago, however noone wants to face Coca-Cola law team.
There are laboratories all around world specialized for “taste” formulas for food industry – they make industrial formulas for samples you deliver.
The process in which you make things can drastically change the results. Their “secret” ingredient could be something special they add to the process that isn’t necessarily an ingredient. This is more a chemistry aspect then an ingredient aspect. Temperature, speed, time and a ton of other things can affect this, I can’t guarantee this is the reason why but it’s a possibility.
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