Coca-Cola Admits That Dasani is Nothing But Tap Water
[quotee68252e02b]LONDON - It made for great headlines, but the fact that the UK version of Coca-Cola's Dasani brand bottled water comes out of the London public supply should hardly have come as a surprise.[/quotee68252e02b]
http//www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0304-04.htm
guelah75
15-08-2007 21:37:45
they're all tap water, just filtered
Big War Bird
15-08-2007 21:53:30
Can we have a show of hands of people that didn't know that?
woot
doylnea
15-08-2007 22:00:21
[quotedd88ad9eb4="h3x"][quotedd88ad9eb4]LONDON - It made for great headlines, but the fact that the UK version of Coca-Cola's Dasani brand bottled water comes out of the London public supply should hardly have come as a surprise.[/quotedd88ad9eb4]
http//www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0304-04.htm[/quotedd88ad9eb4]
There was an article in the WSJ over the weekend about bottled water. Dasani and Aquafina are both tap water bottled at factories all over the world, purified using reverse osmosis (I think) to create a uniform tasting water
KnightTrader
15-08-2007 22:02:02
Bottled Water! Hah! I Recommend you watch the "Bullshit" video on Bottled water. It's a good laugh. I'm not a fan of all of the "Bullshit" videos, but this one is well worth watching.
ahaxton
15-08-2007 22:10:11
I had the feeling since its coming from coke and what is coke? water and syrup? Remove the syrup, and you got dasani.
For some reason though Dasani has been my favorite tasting water out of the cheap ones (Aquafina is nasty, one other one too)
they all taste the same to meh
JOSHBOX
15-08-2007 22:57:22
come on guys, where do you honestly think it came from? Its WATER! lol
Edit Now that I think about it, I never considered where my water came from, nor do I care. As long as its safe, tastes fresh, and has the convenience of being sold wherever I need it, that is all I need. Have any of you ever purchased water [b21a0763b60]because [/b21a0763b60]it was collected off of some spring you will never see 3000 miles away?
x323smostwantedx
16-08-2007 00:12:21
I always liked dasani (
CollidgeGraduit
16-08-2007 03:55:05
The article's headline is quite deceiving. Dasani is more than "just tap water". It's tap water that's been put through reverse osmosis, same as Aquafina.
I'm not sure where people thought this water, sold as "Purified Water", came from. It's not called spring water.
Seriously, I don't understand why people are astounded or outraged over this.
dmorris68
16-08-2007 05:39:22
I thought everyone knew both Dasani and Aquafina were purified from a tap??? I've known this for years, it's been discussed and publicized in numerous places, and I've never seen Coke nor Pepsi try to pass it off as otherwise.
I'll drink it if that's all that's available to me, but we prefer spring water ourselves. There is definitely a difference in taste, at least to us.
TryinToGetPaid
16-08-2007 06:07:57
Fiji ftw
manOFice
16-08-2007 06:30:10
i'm drinking dasani right now to kill my hangover.
My work stocks the fridges with this stuff, it's all free )
JayKanish
16-08-2007 08:40:40
The only reason I get bottled water is because it gets colder since it's in the fridge (don't have that ice maker thing in my apartment's fridge). I really think that water tastes like, well, water.
DRay9911
16-08-2007 10:55:10
i'd rather drink dasani tap water than that flavored crap they are selling now.
twice i've gone to the grocery store and pulled out a water not looking closely enough and badly want to spit it out when i take a big drink of it.
i'm pretty much an arrowhead water guy now
-dan
Wolfeman
16-08-2007 10:56:32
[quote969e8d6a56="guelah75"]they're all tap water, just filtered[/quote969e8d6a56]
If you are lucky. Bottled water doesn't even have to be up to the same standards as tap. People are suckers for marketing...
Jams44
16-08-2007 11:04:30
[quote6edcb91618="DRay9911"]
i'm pretty much an arrowhead water guy now
[/quote6edcb91618]
AKA [b6edcb91618]Purelife [/b6edcb91618]AKA [b6edcb91618]Calistoga [/b6edcb91618]AKA [b6edcb91618]Deer Park[/b6edcb91618] AKA [b6edcb91618]Ice Mountain [/b6edcb91618]AKA [b6edcb91618]Ozarka [/b6edcb91618]AKA [b6edcb91618]Poland Spring[/b6edcb91618] AKA [b6edcb91618]Zephyr Hills[/b6edcb91618] AKA [b6edcb91618]Perrier (with CO2)[/b6edcb91618] AKA [b6edcb91618]S. Pelligrino (with CO2)[/b6edcb91618]
Jams44
16-08-2007 11:06:48
I forgot to mention that its all the same practically. Just different labels.
chrome89k
16-08-2007 11:14:03
on the news the other day in NY... i heard that aquafina was nothing but tap water as well
CollidgeGraduit
16-08-2007 11:31:43
[quotedf943b251b="chrome89k"]on the news the other day in NY... i heard that aquafina was nothing but tap water as well[/quotedf943b251b]
You don't say? I heard it the other day too.... three times in this thread.
samz465
16-08-2007 11:47:07
[quote7a70c7e83a="CollidgeGraduit"][quote7a70c7e83a="chrome89k"]on the news the other day in NY... i heard that aquafina was nothing but tap water as well[/quote7a70c7e83a]
You don't say? I heard it the other day too.... three times in this thread.[/quote7a70c7e83a]
Lmao...
And yeah, I've known this for quite a few years now.
TryinToGetPaid
16-08-2007 12:10:35
Well it does say on the bottle PURIFIED DRINKING WATER.
chrome89k
16-08-2007 12:23:13
still tastes good.. it dont even matter...
just buy a bottle of distilled water in a gallon... refrigerate it and call it a day...
spring water, tap water = bulldoody
EatChex89
16-08-2007 14:40:31
[quote6269929438="Jams44"][quote6269929438="DRay9911"]
i'm pretty much an arrowhead water guy now
[/quote6269929438]
AKA [b6269929438]Purelife [/b6269929438]AKA [b6269929438]Calistoga [/b6269929438]AKA [b6269929438]Deer Park[/b6269929438] AKA [b6269929438]Ice Mountain [/b6269929438]AKA [b6269929438]Ozarka [/b6269929438]AKA [b6269929438]Poland Spring[/b6269929438] AKA [b6269929438]Zephyr Hills[/b6269929438] AKA [b6269929438]Perrier (with CO2)[/b6269929438] AKA [b6269929438]S. Pelligrino (with CO2)[/b6269929438][/quote6269929438]
sorry but Perrier is actually bottled at a gassy spring.
Also, the article is about the source of the water in UK which was advertised as "Pure" while coca-cola did not lean in either direction, it was still never publicly stated that the water was tap water.
Finally, the date on the article is 2004 and Dasani has since been pulled from UK and is no longer sold.
)
gambit00x
16-08-2007 14:51:06
Nestle has a different taste to me.
dmorris68
16-08-2007 17:49:30
A lot of the different waters have a different taste.
Spring water definitely tastes different than tap, and I too can taste the difference between Nestle and Deer Park. My wife will only drink Deer Park, she doesn't like any of the other bottled waters.
Although I will say the Culligan filter in our refrigerator dispenser does a pretty good job. I drink water from there quite often as well. But if I'm going to pay for it, it's got to be spring water.
chrome89k
16-08-2007 19:04:17
yea... i can only drink kirkland water from costco
aquafina is ok... even though its purified tap
dasani... has to be cold
i wont dirnk nestle or deer park... has kinda poopy taste to me...
god forbid i try to drink those two room temp... ICKY
mnx12
16-08-2007 19:38:57
If your dumb enough to pay for water that is otherwise free, then of course this would be a surprise to you. It's water, where do you want it to come from??
FreeOffersNow
17-08-2007 11:04:31
Never a fan of Dasani or Aquafina...if it's free and cold, or all that's available, sure...but Poland Spring is generally what I reach for. Glaceau SmartWater isn't bad...doesn't have a "spring water" taste, but it's not bad.
I've actually marked down traveling to antarctica and drinking some melt water as it runs as something to do before I die...
zr2152
17-08-2007 11:39:32
My GF mom told us that there was something on the news about how you should not keep your bottles out in your garage in the heat because they linked someones breast cancer to the plastic in the water bottles.
I guess its the heat that does something with the chemicals. So dont keep your bottles out in the heat.
EDIT I guess that has been an urban legend for some time. Ill have to ask her where she heard it to see if it came from a legitimate source. I think she said the news.
FreeOffersNow
17-08-2007 11:42:34
Regarding cancer in humans, there are two ways of thinking that I go back and forth between
A) There are way more things that cause cancer than we know about
B) There are way more things that cause cancer that "they" know about, but "we" don't
Actually, "A" is pretty much my way of thinking...but it's always nice to throw in some sort of "Consipiracy Theory" )
EatChex89
17-08-2007 12:07:18
[quote6c9845616a="FreeOffersNow"]Regarding cancer in humans, there are two ways of thinking that I go back and forth between
A) There are way more things that cause cancer than we know about
B) There are way more things that cause cancer that "they" know about, but "we" don't
Actually, "A" is pretty much my way of thinking...but it's always nice to throw in some sort of "Consipiracy Theory" )[/quote6c9845616a]
you would throw in some shitty conspiracy theory.
J4320
17-08-2007 17:18:57
[quote86a9415fdb="zr2152"]My GF mom told us that there was something on the news about how you should not keep your bottles out in your garage in the heat because they linked someones breast cancer to the plastic in the water bottles.
I guess its the heat that does something with the chemicals. So dont keep your bottles out in the heat.
EDIT I guess that has been an urban legend for some time. Ill have to ask her where she heard it to see if it came from a legitimate source. I think she said the news.[/quote86a9415fdb]
You can kind of taste the plastic-like taste after it has been sitting out in the heat. I've heard that too btw.
CollidgeGraduit
17-08-2007 19:47:36
http//www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/petbottles.asp
J4320
17-08-2007 20:47:40
All I'm saying is that I definitely can taste something weird when I drink a water bottle that has been hot. shrug
DIABLO
17-08-2007 20:55:27
Yeah, all water tastes the same to me, I usually like bottled because it's cold, and that's how I like it, but if I fill a pitcher with water and stick it in the fridge I can't tell the difference between it and bottled water.
lootyloot
19-08-2007 19:14:06
I am an Ozarka fan but know they all are pretty much the same!
chrome89k
19-08-2007 19:19:07
[quoteb8e8698d77="lootyloot"]I am an Ozarka fan but know they all are pretty much the same![/quoteb8e8698d77]
never heard of that one
lootyloot
19-08-2007 19:22:27
[quoteb6afce831c="chrome89k"][quoteb6afce831c="lootyloot"]I am an Ozarka fan but know they all are pretty much the same![/quoteb6afce831c]
never heard of that one[/quoteb6afce831c]
Really it is well known in Oklahoma area!
TryinToGetPaid
19-08-2007 19:23:00
I think its a southern water.
Check Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, portions of Tennessee, Missouri and Kansas.
chrome89k
19-08-2007 19:24:51
o ok... that type of south... i used to live in Florida... now i live in NY ... definitely not here
lootyloot
19-08-2007 19:53:55
Yes that kind of south! Way down in the hills of rednecks where people walk around with humps on their backs and run into trees! LOL! I can't believe you haven't had Ozarka! It is the best!
Wolfeman
20-08-2007 12:17:16
Check this out. Very funny and totally pwns bottled water
http//youtube.com/watch?v=XfPAjUvvnIc
skepticalcynic
20-08-2007 15:12:46
Just an FYI to set the record straight.
There is no such thing as a "gassy" spring nor is there any company who "injects" CO2 into water. I take that back - club soda is deliberately carbonated.
There are 2 main types of water in bottles.
1 - Purified regular water - tap water through a filtration system
2 - Spring water - taken from springs which flow directly from the earth, then cleaned up and bottled. There are 2 kinds of spring water. Straight spring water which is forced up through soil and sand from an underground aquifer, and spring water which is forced to the surface through mineral sediments. It is the mineral component of the water that provides the carbonation.
Many companies - like Evian - actually take mineral spring water and decarbonate it, which makes it taste something like flat, stale soda.
Your best bet - collect your own spring water if you can, and if not, filter your tap water. Much less expensive. (imo)
TyreeCary
22-08-2007 15:27:58
Never did like Dasani... Now I know why Aquafina is also pretty rank!!
doylnea
22-08-2007 22:23:26
[quote9043154d81="skepticalcynic"]Just an FYI to set the record straight.
There is no such thing as a "gassy" spring nor is there any company who "injects" CO2 into water. I take that back - club soda is deliberately carbonated.[/quote9043154d81]
Oh no - how about San Pellegrino
[quote9043154d81="http//www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html"]The bubbles in San Pellegrino come naturally from the ground, as the label says, but not at the San Pellegrino source. Pellegrino chooses its CO2 carefully--it is extracted from supercarbonated volcanic springwaters in Tuscany, then trucked north and bubbled into Pellegrino.[/quote9043154d81]
hehehhehe
22-08-2007 22:37:08
What bothers me is how sometimes they say how foolish we are for buying so much bottled water when they don't figure how much of those water purchases are from people that would've otherwise bought sodas or some other sweetened drink.
If I buy bottled water, it's to drink something while I'm outside, instead of buying some over-sweetened soda or the like. I drink filtrated (brita!) tap water at home but I'm not going to carry a bottle of water with me from home.
EatChex89
22-08-2007 23:25:09
You're buying it still if it comes from your house (or your parents are).
Drinking Water isn't free unless you are at someone else's house - even then someone is paying for it.
I don't pay for tap water. Its free for everybody.
doylnea
23-08-2007 06:53:32
speaking of cost - a statistic that struck a chord with me from the WSJ article
[quote011aeeb82e]
In San Francisco, the municipal water comes from inside Yosemite National Park. It's so good the EPA doesn't require San Francisco to filter it. [b011aeeb82e]If you bought and drank a bottle of Evian, you could refill that bottle once a day for 10 years, 5 months, and 21 days with San Francisco tap water before that water would cost $1.35. Put another way, if the water we use at home cost what even cheap bottled water costs, our monthly water bills would run $9,000.[/b011aeeb82e][/quote011aeeb82e]
hehehhehe
23-08-2007 09:07:54
[quote7017523da2="EatChex89"]You're buying it still if it comes from your house (or your parents are).
Drinking Water isn't free unless you are at someone else's house - even then someone is paying for it.[/quote7017523da2]
If that was to my post, I said "when I buy bottled water," not regular water. I just wanted to say that I'm paying for the convenience of getting a drink while I'm out, same as if I were to buy a coke.
Like doylnea's post says, the price for tap water is negligible anyway. It's true that the bottled filtered tap water should be cheaper though.
skepticalcynic
23-08-2007 12:01:00
On the CO2 issue, I stand corrected.
As far as the cost of tapwater - my water is probably more expensive than most. The actual water is free as it comes from a well on my property, but the cost of the electricity to pump it out of the ground and into my house is more than I ever paid for city water. Still cheaper than store-bought, though.
hehehhehe
23-08-2007 16:20:18