Institute Members and their Research Efforts

In the spring of 2035, we will launch a crowdfunding campaign to raise at least $500,000 to fund the first round of research projects amongst members of the IICC. These initial research projects, listed by host organization. Click here for: IICC Research Proposals

         IICC - experimental farm for coca leaf varieties, Cauca
         IICC - experimental farm for coca leaf varieties, Nariño
         Universities - Food/beverage product engineering using the coca leaf
         Universities - pilot plant for alkaloid-free coca leaf extracts
         Universities - pilot plant for coca leaf beverages
         IICC/Cali - new legal tactics for industrializing the coca leaf
         IICC/Cali - seeking U.S. F.D.A. GRAS status for the full coca leaf
         IICC/Cali - preparing plans to launch a "Banco de Coca y Cacao"
         IICC/Lima - preparing plans to launch a "Museo de Coca" in Lima

A lengthy proposal for short- and long-term research goals for the IICC is available in Spanish at: Mejorando la saulud y la paz de Colombia mediante la agroindustrialización de la hoja de coca para los mercados mundiales - una propuesta para un centro de investigación sobre la ciencia y la economia legal de la hoja de coca

KukaXoco

Making Cola Sodas and Chocolate Taste Better with Less Sugar - KukaXoco is a startup based in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica and California/Oregon that made the initial discoveries of industrial uses of coca leaf extract in foods and beverages. These discoveries are the foundation for an entirely new, legal, industry for coca leaf products. This Web site is sponsored by the founder of KukaXoco, Greg Aharonian.

One of the goals of KukaXoco is to work with our partners, CORECCC(C)ANN and COLCOCA, with regards to the research, development and innovation, in the multiple uses of coca, as well as Cannabis and other plants; since 2018 we have been advancing together with COLCOCA processes in Nariño, Cauca and Putumayo to strengthen, together with producing communities, the agro-industrialization of the coca leaf as sustainable and sustainable ventures that will be a real model for the country regarding alternatives with the substitution of the uses of the plant.

CORE CCC(C) ANN

Comité Regional Cauca - Cadena Productiva del Cannabis (y Coca) con Fines Médicinal, Cientificos e Industriales - CORECCC(C)ANN is a regional development organization in the Cauca province of Colombia, that is investigating the medical, scientific, and industrial uses of cannabis and coca. KukaXoco is working with CORECCC(C)ANN to help bring all of KukaXoco's scientific and technological information about cannabis and coca to the agricultural industries of Colombia.

CORECCC(C)ANN can be contacted at info@coreccan.org, (57) 302-6622302. The president of CORECCC(C)ANN is William Bernal, who is also a delegate to the joint commission in Colombia for the coordination and monitoring of the national drug policy for the 2023 to 2033 time period.

We propose research work agreed with SENA (the national vocational agency of Colombia), with communities that produce coca and cannabis, and with public and private entities, authorized by the Colombian state and the international order to advance in pilot assemblies of agroindustrialization and transformation of coca and cannabis into legal, productive commodities for global markets.

COL COCA

COLCOLA is a new coca beverage company established in Pasto, in the province of Nariño, Colombia, to work with KukaXoco and CORECCC(C)ANN to develop a new line of diet cola sodas that are uniquely delicious while allowing all sugar to be removed - using the power of flavor chemicals in the coca leaf. Added sugar is a huge global health problem, causing millions of cases of diabetes, obesity and heart disease each year. Our new sodas will allow the coca leaf to become a delicious force for global public health. COLCOCA has an exclusive license with KukaXoco to use its coca leaf technology to produce these delicious sodas. And working with CORECCC(C)ANN, we will be creating additional sodas with the medicinal chemicals of the cannabis leaf, such as CBD.