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It was the winter of 2026 when a massive blizzard hit our little town, trapping us inside our homes with snow drifts that could rival a Yeti’s personal snowbank. As panic ensued and grocery shelves emptied, a group of us decided to brave the icy apocalypse and venture out. Unfortunately, after stumbling around for hours looking for supplies, we returned home with nothing but a six-pack of expired soda and a bag of frozen peas. The real tragedy? We had completely forgotten the essential: water! Our intense negotiation with neighbors to borrow some Dasani turned into a comedic scene where each of us threw in whatever snacks we had in a desperate barter for hydration.
The situation escalated from dire to utterly ludicrous as we found ourselves exchanging chips for bottled water, only to realize we didn’t have a single cup to share the precious H2O. We ended up drinking the bottled water straight from the container, our dignity dissolving like snow in sunlight, while arguing over who really had the “driest” snack. Who knew a laugh could break the ice as hard as the blizzard outside? As the storm brewed, we proudly declared—better to face death than sip on Dasani in humiliation!
D
Dasani was permanently withdrawn from sale in the UK in 2004 after it was discovered that it was just filtered tap water. In March 2004, a batch was found to contain illegal, high levels of bromate, a suspected carcinogen. Over 500,000 bottles were recalled, and the brand was immediately pulled from the UK market.
Y
Anything that doesnt say spring water is filtered tap water
S
Got bad news for you about spring water too. It’s pretty much the same thing except it’s from “streams” in the countryside
C
Spring water isn’t normally pulled from a river on the surface. It’s usually pumped out of underground aquifers…aka a Well. The deeper the well, the safer the water. Spring water is cheap and safe. I trust it more than any “purified” water that isn’t distilled or processed via reverse osmosis.
A
Dasani is reverse osmosis water.
C
I thought they just bottled municipal water
R
Nope, I’m pretty sure it was the first major brand to use reverse osmosis when it was introduced. They start with municipal water, and then purify it.
T
> Nope, I’m pretty sure it was the first major brand to use reverse osmosis And you are wrong; Aquafina was the first (and still the best one imo).
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When do they add the oil to it? I swear every bottle of Dasani I’ve ever suffered through has had a weird oily mouthfeel to it. Though I haven’t had it in at least a decade, so it could be different now, but I doubt it.
P
You may be so used to dirtier bottled water or tap water that you don’t realize that oily feel is what highly filtered clean water is supposed to be like. Just like how many people complain ro water tastes metallicy. That’s your own mouth not being masked by salt or other things that don’t belong in drinking water.
K
Minerals including salt definitely belong in human drinking water. What a bizarre take. I guess for every 10th dentist there’s this guy carrying water(haha) for Dasani of all things
T
I grew up on unfiltered well water. Full of magnesium, calcium, and trace metals. Dasani is almost exactly what that water tastes like. I’m fairly certain that “sweet” taste in Dasani that people really hate is actually the magnesium they put back in the water. It’s supposed to be there.
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My preferred bottle water has always been Fiji, so I don’t think that’s it. And I’ve never had the oil feel to any other water.
B
That’s some grade-A horseshit. You a dasani bot or something?
X
Nah and that’s why I never understood the hate for Dasani (as an Arizona at least). Sure it’s tap water but it’s RO filtered tap water. That’s the same filtration I use at home and if I wanted anything more from my water I’d buy the special water with whatever marketing gimmick is currently in vogue. The one bottled water I don’t understand is arrowhead. That just tastes like our arizona tap water without the chlorine aka disgusting.
R
My hate for Dasani is the flavor. How they manage to make bottled water taste bad I don’t know. If they use RO, they likely have to add minerals back into the water for flavoring so maybe that’s where the consistent awful taste comes from.
X
They do indeed add minerals and salt back into the water. My wife worked for Coca Cola for several years as a production supervisor, so she knows a lot of the intricacies of the different drinks. Some of it is simple stuff where you could just know by tasting, like Sprite is particularly highly carbonated. But other things like a lower density syrup being used for Squirt I had no idea until she told me.
L
This is actually one of the reasons I hated the Coke Zero sugar to Coke Zero transition. Coke Zero Sugar tastes almost the same as Coke Zero, but it’s like… 70% as carbonated. I loved how carbonated zero sugar was compared to the new stuff. I used to buy boxes of syrup and make my own, but it just became too much of a hassle and somehow more expensive than buying cans.
O
I don’t really understand the purpose of using reverse osmosis on water and then putting it into a plastic bottle… though in fairness i guess the news about microplastics in bottled (and municipal) water and how it affects us is much more recent than when dasani started selling RO-tap.
S
RO followed by remineralizing and putting into plastic storage for potentially years at a time.
K
That’s what a spring is. A spring is the point where groundwater turns into surface water. And they can definitely be contaminated. Heavy metals naturally leach out of minerals and most places where one person uses groundwater a whole lot of other people also use it. pathogens can get into the aquifer through old or unmaintained wells, agricultural runoff.
C
Poland Spring from the source has dangerous levels of benzene.
O
Just because water came from deep underground doesn’t guarantee it’s safe to drink. There are plenty of dangerous chemicals that could have dissolved in that water.
Y
Yummy fracking water.
T
If that’s a permanent state of the water course, then of course it’ll show in tests and never be used as spring water. If pollution gets in occasionally further back, that comes up in the day to day tests, but the deeper it’s drawn from the less chance some big dose will arrive and disperse between tests, thus getting onto a shelf.
A
Y’all. Just drink some fucking water. Holy shit
I
Depletion of underground aquifers is a major problem.
O
Yup. They basically filter it and then curate trace amounts of minerals to taste right. It’s all crap.
C
Oh no, filtered water with minerals. What a travesty.
M
I hate when I buy filtered water with minerals and it turns out to just be filtered water and with minerals!
B
It’s like gaaaahhh why not just drown me in filtered water with minerals why don’t you
O
The point is it’s expensive bullshit. Like, if you want to pay that much, that’s your business, but my condolences to your wallet.
T
There’s a lot of spring water that’s the same price as distilled water
W
you shouldnt drink too much distilled water anyways
T
No worries big dog, I’m a spring water connoisseur
D
don’t forget the huge amount of plastic waste! (especially ironic from the people who pushed us to ban plastic straws)
B
I don’t think people who advocate banning plastic straws are buying a lot of bottled water.
M
You wouldn’t think so, but I also wouldn’t be surprised.
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Do you really not understand the point being made above…? The point is that you can get that in your own home, for a fraction of the cost.
C
Some people can.
B
Except it does taste different. Purified water tastes much more mineral heavy to me than spring water. I know that doesn’t make sense, but I have literally always been able to tell the difference when someone asks me to prove it. I don’t personally care one way or the other, but I like the way spring water tastes more.
D
It definitely doesn’t taste right.
P
Not true, in the U.S. “Mineral Water” must come from a protected underground source (among other regulations). It’s the only type of water that has regulations on where it comes from in the U.S.
A
Why don’t people understand this? Such outrage over nothing.
P
I don’t know why people stick their nose up at tap water but gush over spring water. Weird people we are.
P
Maybe it’s like my city tap water. Tastes terrible like chemicals. Nobody drinks tap water much here because of that.
D
So filter it. It’s much cheaper and better for the environment then buying plastic bottles of water.
J
Because the only time they hear stuff like this is when someone is pushing an agenda. This isn’t casual conversation type stuff here. I personally don’t care if it’s filtered water. I buy water to drink and survive. As long as it doesn’t taste bad, I’m okay with it.
A
Right lol? I don’t buy bottled water at all unless it’s a situation where you essentially have to. The other thing is I guarantee you this is just an example of a recently restocked shelf. People stocking up on supplies for this storm aren’t like “shoot only Dasani is available, I’d rather just not have water.” So stupid.
S
In the uk anything labelled mineral or spring water has to not come from a tap but I can’t think of any brands that are tap water. Maybe some supermarket brands. But Tesco the largest chain doesn’t sell tap water.
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