When Does It Stop Being Water?
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (78759)
United States
August 9, 2018 6:51am CST
When I worked at Coca-Cola, we of course made Dasani water. After a little while they called a meeting and said they were going to introduce adding flavors to the water like strawberry, cherry, lemon etc.
Shortly after that they called another meeting and said they wanted to add a sweetener to the flavored water.
Some time after that they called yet another meeting to announce they were adding some fizz...
At which point I asked the question, "At which point are we just making another soda?"
Record scratch.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
12 Aug 18
Yep. Coca-Cola makes Dasani. I believe Nestlé makes Ice Mountain. I generally opt for what's cheaper. Most of the time it's Great Mountain which I usually get from Menards when they run their 11% off everything rebate deals. It's $1.99, and after I take off the 11% it's only $1.77 for a 24-pack of 16.9 ounce bottles.
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
9 Aug 18
@porwest That is true.You add the ingredients,such as sweetener and flavors,ti water to make a soft drink
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
10 Aug 18
Of course it does.Otherwise it would be solid.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
The salesman just delivered 5 boxes of nature's Spring water for us a while ago. A box contains two 5-liter bottles. Sometime ago, the salesman gave me a sample of those flavored water and I did not like it. I prefer to have the natural spring water that they deliver. BTW, Coca-Cola in our country also bought out Viva Mineral Water some years ago and continue to sell this product which is a rival of the Nature's Spring that we've been buying for 14 years now.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
18 Nov 18
@porwest Same here - I'm more satisfied with plain water without any flavoring.
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@GardenGerty (157671)
• United States
9 Aug 18
I will get flavored fizzy water instead of soda as there are still things I do not want in the soda. I do not want it sweet whether artificial, stevia or real sugar. It just does not quench my thirst if it is sweet. I only do fizzy and flavored for a treat.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
11 Aug 18
I for one like the flavor waters as sometimes plain water just doesn't cut it for me. But yes they have made so many of them, why can't they just stick with a few instead of coming out with all kinds of new flavors ?
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@Marilynda1225 (79960)
• United States
9 Aug 18
Although all that added stuff makes the water taste good but I agree that it's really just another type of soda.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
12 Aug 18
Yeah. I say, if you are going to drink water just drink water. I suppose if you LIKE the flavored stuff, and obviously there is a market for it otherwise they would not make it, but I think some people are tricking themselves they are drinking water when really they are not getting as much in as they think. Not sure if all of these additions make it a diuretic, but certainly it reduces the actual amount of water you are getting.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Aug 18
I guess Dasani became Coke Lite.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
9 Aug 18
Yes they turned water into another soda, so what water is better for me to drink?
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@PBKING (1523)
• India
11 Aug 18
Have you got answer to your question? Are they making another soda?
@moichan (666)
• Philippines
10 Aug 18
Are they planning to make sparkling flavored water? It's a big hit in Asian countries. I hope our local Coca-Cola will do the same.
