Coca-Cola sells bottled tap water

CBBC ^ | 02 March 2004 | CBBC

[fraud]

A big row has broken out after Coca-Cola admitted its latest bottled drink is purified tap water.

The drink - called Dasani - costs 95p a bottle. A lot of bottled water comes from a spring, but this is tap water which has been filtered and treated.

The product has annoyed the people who supply the UK's water. They think it implies that tap water is impure.

Coca-Cola said: "We would never say tap water isn't drinkable. It's just that Dasani is as pure as water can get."

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The company is spending £7m on launching Dasani, which has become the second most popular bottled water in the US since going on sale there in 1999.

UK water industry representatives say people do not need to buy Dasani to get "excellent quality, healthy water".

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UK: Coke under investigation for Dasani

03 Mar 2004

Source: just-drinks.com editorial team

Coca Cola is under investigation by British Trading Standards officers following the media furore about its new bottled water Dasani. As reported yesterday, British media went into overdrive when Coke revealed that its Dasani water is sourced from the mains supply at its plant in Sidcup, Kent.

The Independent reported today that the Food Standards Agency said that the water may breach rules designed to protect consumers. Concern revolves around the fact that Dasani is sold as “pure, still” water, but this may be incorrect, the paper said, as minerals are added in the production process.

FSA guidelines state that the term “pure” should only apply to “single ingredient foods or to highlight the quality of ingredients.” Coke adds calcium, magnesium and sodium bicarbonate to the tap water, however.

Coke said it's confident it's abiding by the local rules.

"We work closely with all regulatory bodies and in this instance we are fully satisfied that we are compliant with all guidelines and regulations," the company said in a statement.

[fraud]

Have you tried Bavarian yeast bear like Paulaner? I perfer German beer to British. It has taste and there is more variety.

[aruanan]

Coca-Cola said: "We would never say tap water isn't drinkable. It's just that Dasani is as pure as water can get."

Let's hope not. Water as pure it can get is dangerous to drink.

[fraud]

Distilled water may be highly dangerous:
http://www.mercola.com/article/water/distilled_water.htm
Early Death Comes From Drinking Distilled Water

During nearly 19 years of clinical practice I have had the opportunity to observe the health effects of drinking different types of water. Most of you would agree that drinking unfiltered tap water could be hazardous to your health because of things like

* parasites
* chlorine
* fluoride
* dioxins

Many health fanatics, however, are often surprised to hear me say that drinking distilled water on a regular, daily basis is potentially dangerous.

Paavo Airola wrote about the dangers of distilled water in the 1970's when it first became a fad with the health food crowd.

Distillation is the process in which water is boiled, evaporated and the vapour condensed. Distilled water is free of dissolved minerals and, because of this, has the special property of being able to actively absorb toxic substances from the body and eliminate them. Studies validate the benefits of drinking distilled water when one is seeking to cleanse or detoxify the system for short periods of time (a few weeks at a time).

Fasting using distilled water can be dangerous because of the rapid loss of electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride) and trace minerals like magnesium, deficiencies of which can cause heart beat irregularities and high blood pressure. Cooking foods in distilled water pulls the minerals out of them and lowers their nutrient value.

Distilled water is an active absorber and when it comes into contact with air, it absorbs carbon dioxide, making it acidic. The more distilled water a person drinks, the higher the body acidity becomes.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Distilled water, being essentially mineral-free, is very aggressive, in that it tends to dissolve substances with which it is in contact. Notably, carbon dioxide from the air is rapidly absorbed, making the water acidic and even more aggressive. Many metals are dissolved by distilled water."



On the other hand:
http://www.drweil.com/app/cda/drw_cda.html-command=TodayQA-pt=Question-questionId=21181
First of all, let me review for the record what distilled water is — it’s water that has been turned into steam so its impurities are left behind. The steam is then condensed to make pure water. The process of distillation kills and removes virtually all bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, and other organic and inorganic contaminants. Once distilled, the water is as pure as water can reasonably be.

For reasons I don't understand, any number of myths — some quite extreme — have grown up over the years about distilled water. A quick Internet search today will take you to sites that put forth such views as "distilled water leads to early death." Nonsense. One claim holds that distillation removes all of water's beneficial minerals. While it’s true that distillation removes minerals as well as various contaminants from water, we don't know that the human body can readily absorb minerals from water. We get our minerals from food, not water. By one manufacturer’s estimate, you would have to drink 676 eight-ounce glasses of tap water in Boston to reach the RDA for calcium.

Your question as to whether distilled water leaches minerals out of the body reflects another persistent myth. While pure water helps to remove minerals from the body that cells have eliminated or not used, it does not "leach" out minerals that have become part of your body's cell structure. Neither does distilled water cause your teeth to deteriorate, a false claim made by a filter manufacturer looking to boost sales. As far as acidity goes, distilled water is close to a neutral pH and has no effect on the body’s acid/base balance.

I hope I've set your mind at ease. Distilled water not only isn't dangerous, it’s the purest form of water. It’s also the kind of water I drink.

Dr. Andrew Weil

[Hank Rearden]

Next they'll discover that Budweiser is some kind of beer.

I think that's very unlikely to ever happen, unless the entire country is hypnotized sufficiently to believe the claim.

[fraud]

City water in European countries is usually so good that here it is difficult to sell bottled water without extras like sparkling or a fountain with a special mixture of minerals. The southern countries may be an exception. I was really surprised when I came to Canada, a vast country with tremendous sources of water, and found out that water was highly chlorinated, people are afraid to swim in Lake Ontario because of contamination, and they even drink Evian, which is supposed to come from the Lake of Geneva, thousands of miles away!

[SaveTheChief]

Have you tried Bavarian yeast bear like Paulaner?

To be honest, I can't quite remember. I do know that I have tried some beer from that part of the world and have enjoyed it.

[savedbygrace]

That's a myth. The secret is to have the chocolate in one hand and an equal weight of bread in your other hand.

Makes for a balanced diet.

;-)

[savedbygrace]

Posting Fair & Balanced.

Well done, fraud.

[painter]

600ft, if thats a personal well thats DEEP! You are right about the taste,it's about the best.The only thing better is I have a friend in Osage county Mo. who has a spring on his farm that flows 5gal a miniute that is better.

[Judith Anne]

Yes, it is a personal well, dug 5 years ago for us by a local company. We asked him to put in a well that wouldn't go dry in any drought, and we didn't care how deep. He found water several times above that level, but kept going.

It was expensive, but our flow will meet the needs of two homes, we can get 20 gallons a minute. The water is absolutely clean, pure, and tasty.

[Judith Anne]

P.S. Our neighbor's well is 490 feet deep. He has great water also.

[Judith Anne]

PPS we also have a spring on our farm, the depth has never been measured. We share the pond above it with the neighbor.

[GeronL]

And you didn't have to secede from the city to get it?

[Judith Anne]

We live so far out in the boonies that we have bears eating the neighbor's goat feed, deer in the yard, and panthers taking the other neighbor's calves.

The nearest "city" is 12 miles away with a pop of around 500.

A well is the only option, unless we want to haul water, which we did until we had it drilled.

[GeronL]

I guess you have a propane tank and private trash pick-up too?? The country, ah, I remember my months in the country well, nearly freezed to death in a freak blizzard.

..PANTHERS????

[GeronL]

Not that the city is much better, I almost died this morning eating breakfast. I was alone and I could not breathe! I was whacking myself on the back. At one point I could breathe in but not exhale! I was tingling all over.

Probably didn't lasy a minute but it felt like the end for a while there.

[Judith Anne]

No, we haul our trash to a private dump and pay to leave it. We heat with wood (mostly) and electric.

We thought about propane, almost converted, but then, what happens when the power is out three or four days? We can store water for use, but we need the wood furnaces, they work even with no electric.

Seriously, a year ago we were all set to go to propane. Just didn't make sense, even with a gennie, when we looked it over one last time.

[Judith Anne]

Did you swallow something the wrong way? What happened?

[GeronL]

I have a cough and I was eating hamburger meat. It must have been inhaled and blocked my windpipe. I am seriously lucky to be alive. I resolved to eat when others are around =o). Although In did just eat some pineapple chinks.

I was very very weak when I finally was able to breathe again. My cat was totally freaked out.

[GeronL]

I did just eat some pineapple chunks... geez my spelling is bad.