The meat is ground in a cutter at high speed. A quarter of an hour later, the meat has been turned into a fine sausage mixture, 260 kilograms per working step. Mike Häge adds the spice mix from a blue sack. The raw currywurst mixture now looks like a yellow dough and contains the secret to the “Volkswagen Currywurst.” Like the Coca Cola recipe, the recipe for the spice mix is strictly confidential. It has hardly changed since 1973. It was developed, presumably, by the head chef at the time. It definitely contains salt, pepper and ginger, and curry, of course – everything else is top secret!