<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-22-011477.txt : 20220405
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-22-011477
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220401
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220405
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220405

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Gayle Helene D
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001487047

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02217
		FILM NUMBER:		22806372

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY
		STREET 2:		300 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COCA COLA CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000021344
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BEVERAGES [2080]
		IRS NUMBER:				580628465
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE COCA COLA PLAZA
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30313
		BUSINESS PHONE:		404-676-2121

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE COCA COLA PLAZA
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30313
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    <periodOfReport>2022-04-01</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000021344</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COCA COLA CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001487047</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Gayle Helene D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O THE COCA-COLA COMPANY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE COCA-COLA PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30313</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.25 Par Value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Phantom Share Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>0</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-04-01</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3198.9763</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>62.52</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>51284.8982</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Exhibit List - Exhibit No. 24 - Power of Attorney</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each phantom share unit is economically equivalent to one share of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Phantom share units credited to the reporting person under The Coca-Cola Company Directors' Plan effective January 1, 2020 (the &quot;Directors' Plan&quot;) for 2022 compensation, which may include voluntary deferred compensation.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The phantom share units credited under the Directors' Plan are settled in cash the later of (i) January 15 of the year following the year in which the reporting person leaves the Board, or (ii) six months following the date on which the reporting person leaves the Board.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This number includes phantom share units accrued through April 1, 2022 under the Directors' Plan as result of crediting phantom dividends.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Helene D. Gayle</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-04-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): EXHIBIT 24
<TEXT>
Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: THAT I, Helene D. Gayle,
hereby appoint Robert Barnes Jr., April Edwards, Anita Jane Kamenz,
Jennifer D. Manning, Shequitta Parker and Ashna Zaheer,
each acting individually, my true and lawful attorneys for me
and in my name for the purpose of:

(1)  executing on my behalf any Form ID for the application for
access codes to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's
EDGAR? System or any successor system, any Initial Statement of
Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3, any Statement of
Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4, any
Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities
on Form 5 and any additional forms which may be promulgated
pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any amendments thereto, in connection with my
transactions in shares of The Coca-Cola Company common stock and
causing such forms to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, the New York Stock Exchange and/or any other appropriate
stock exchange; and

(2)  taking any other action in connection with the foregoing which,
in the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the forms executed by any of such attorneys-
in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in their
discretion.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)  the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, any
of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact to act in their discretion on
information provided to such attorneys-in-fact without
independent verification of such information.

The undersigned hereby grants to each of the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked in
writing by the undersigned.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of
October 2021.


/s/ Helene D. Gayle
Helene D. Gayle
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