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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / March 2004Dasani
I posted here a few weeks ago about the fuss surrounding Coca Cola's launch of its Dasani water here in the UK - mainly because the press portrayed it as bottled London tap water. Well, I never got the chance to decide for myself whether I would like it or not - the following is from today's London "Times". janice 233/177/133 Coca-Cola pulls plug on Dasani By Valerie Elliott, Consumer Editor COCA-COLA is facing new humiliation and losses of at least £40 million after being forced to postpone the introduction of Dasani, its pure, still water, in Europe. Company chiefs have accepted that Dasani as a brand is so vilified in Britain after it was exposed as a purified version of Sidcup tap water that the product stood no chance of early success on the Continent. Dasani was to have been introduced in Germany this month and in France in April, but the company has indefinitely delayed the launch. It said: The timing is no longer considered optimal. It was also confirmed that the drink would remain withdrawn in Britain after the disclosure that it contained more than twice the safe level of the cancer-causing chemical bromate. The decision announced yesterday is a huge blow to the Coca-Cola Company Europe, Eurasia, Middle East, which had planned to establish Dasani throughout the continent. Industry experts said the companys reputation had been dented and management reorganisation was likely. > I posted here a few weeks ago about the fuss surrounding Coca Cola's > launch of its Dasani water here in the UK - mainly because the press [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > janice > 233/177/133 It's not one of my favorite bottled waters here. It has a funny taste to me. I usually stick to plain old tap water or buy the grocery store brand. I normally just refill the bottles with tap water and stick back in the fridge<g> Beverly > Coca-Cola pulls plug on Dasani > By Valerie Elliott, Consumer Editor [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Industry experts said the company's reputation had been dented and > management reorganisation was likely. >It's not one of my favorite bottled waters here. It has a funny taste to >me. Same here. Must be all the sodium they add to it. It's funny, I can't even drink that stuff when I am dying of thirst. Once my husband bought a case of it in the summer and a couple of sips and I just could not stand it. And I was thirsty! When I got home I had glass after glass of nice cold tap water. Aquafina on the other hand, I can drink by the litre. I drink tap water at home, but when I am out, a nice cold bottle of aquafina is the most refreshing thing I can have. >>It's not one of my favorite bottled waters here. It has a funny taste to >>me. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >I drink tap water at home, but when I am out, a nice cold bottle of >aquafina is the most refreshing thing I can have. I love Aquafina and Ozarka. Only Coca-Cola could take something as good for you as WATER and make it bad for you! Stan I like Deja Blue. Mainly because of the bottle, as well as taste. I like the sport top and the bottle doesn't crinkle up as you drink from it. "Stan" Crafting Mom > >Aquafina on the other hand, I can drink by the litre. > >I drink tap water at home, but when I am out, a nice cold bottle of [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Stan I like Deja Blue, too. And many other brands as well. I don't object to bottles having the sport top, but I just unscrew them as if they weren't there. I once saw something about how nasty it is to press the thing down that you're then going to stick in your mouth. With a screw top, the part that goes in your mouth is covered when it's closed up, and only ever touches your lips when it's opened. It may or may not bother you or other people, but it does me. I oftentimes like to have a bottle of water with me in situations where my hands may not have just been washed. Stan >I like Deja Blue. Mainly because of the bottle, as well as taste. I like >the sport top and the bottle doesn't crinkle up as you drink from it. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> Stan It doesn't bother me. I usually refill the bottle with filtered water from my fridge. The only reason I don't like using glasses is because I have 2 cats. If I leave a glass of water unattended for 2 seconds, then the cats will drink from it. I usually open and close the bottle with my teeth, not my hands. Also, I rinse out the sport top every time I refil. "Stan" > It may or may not bother you or other people, but it does me. I > oftentimes like to have a bottle of water with me in situations where [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >> > >> Stan And this is true of other "brands" as well. Not all but some. So before you drink that bottled water, check where it comes from. > I posted here a few weeks ago about the fuss surrounding Coca Cola's > launch of its Dasani water here in the UK - mainly because the press [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > Industry experts said the companys reputation had been dented and > management reorganisation was likely. Just out of curiousity - do you have Aqua-Fina water over there? >I posted here a few weeks ago about the fuss surrounding Coca Cola's >launch of its Dasani water here in the UK - mainly because the press [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >Industry experts said the companys reputation had been dented and >management reorganisation was likely. I don't know - I've never heard of it, so it's certainly not a well known brand name here, if it's available at all. janice 233/177/133 >Just out of curiousity - do you have Aqua-Fina water over there? > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >>Industry experts said the companys reputation had been dented and >>management reorganisation was likely. >I don't know - I've never heard of it, so it's certainly not a well >known brand name here, if it's available at all. My reason for asking is, its Pepsi's version of the same thing as Dasani... >>I don't know - I've never heard of it, so it's certainly not a well >>known brand name here, if it's available at all. > >My reason for asking is, its Pepsi's version of the same thing as >Dasani... Only it tastes MUCH much better. less salty. CM |
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