Pepsi Says Aquafina Is Tap Water

[MrAtlanta]

Pepsi says Aquafina is tap water

Labels on bottles will be changed to clarify that the water originates from public sources.

By CNN's Katy Byron
July 27 2007: 5:26 PM EDT


NEW YORK (CNN) -- Pepsi-Cola announced Friday that the labels of its Aquafina brand bottled water will be changed to make it clear the product is tap water.

The new bottles will say, "The Aquafina in this bottle is purified water that originates from a public water source," or something similar, Pepsi-Cola North America spokeswoman Nicole Bradley told CNN.

The bottles are currently labeled: "Bottled at the source P.W.S." Americans spent about $2.17 billion on Aquafina last year, according to Beverage Digest, an independent company that tracks the global beverage industry. The U.S. bottled water business in 2006 totaled roughly $15 billion, it said.

No timetable was available for when customers will see the label change on store shelves, another Pepsi spokeswoman, Michelle Naughton, told CNN.

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Pepsi released a statement saying: "If this helps clarify the fact that the water originates from public sources, then it's a reasonable thing to do."

Coca-Cola does not have plans to change the labeling on its Dasani brand bottled water, a company spokesman told CNN, despite the fact the water also comes from a public water supply.

Dasani's U.S. sales totaled approximately $1.89 billion in 2006, according to Beverage Digest calculations.

Nestle also has announced it will be changing the bottles of its All Nestle Pure Life Purified Drinking Water to "identify the source of the water, whether it's from a municipal supply or ground-water well source."

That change "will be showing up on labels this year and is expected to be on all of these labels by the end of the first quarter of 2008," the company said in a written statement.

Nestle has not decided what the new labels will say exactly, a spokesman told CNN.

Pepsi says*Aquafina is tap water - Jul. 27, 2007

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Ahhhh Suckers....lol


Corporate America will do anything to make a buck.

Sales of Aquafina will probably take a dive over the next several months, because people aren't willing to pay $1.50 for tap water, purified or not.

Personally, I buy the distilled water that you get by the gallon. Very clean, very tasty.

[afrocentric]

yeah, i heard.. and there were people buying it like dummies. how can u buy tap water when u pay for your water? I'm just not understanding. it just didn't make sense to me.

i do pay a huge fee for my water every month. i just wish i had well water. it taste so much better and it supposedly cheaper.

[sephari]

Originally Posted by afrocentric

yeah, i heard.. and there were people buying it like dummies. how can u buy tap water when u pay for your water? just didn't make sense. next thing u know they will be selling toliet water as drinking water.

not all parts of the country have palatable tap water you know. here in l.a. the water tastes so bad that people go to a water store and fill up 5 gallon jugs with retreated tap water.

[sonflour_2001]

They're gonna start bottling air too under a company called Oxyfina.
Purified air- $1.75
Billion dollar industry.
Nope don't even think about stealing my idea...
Lol!

Sonflour

[jacqui]

They already sell air, at least I am paying Sprint a fee a month for air time.
lol

[afrocentric]

Originally Posted by sonflour_2001

They're gonna start bottling air too under a company called Oxyfina.
Purified air- $1.75
Billion dollar industry.
Nope don't even think about stealing my idea...
Lol!

Sonflour

[afrocentric]

Originally Posted by sephari

not all parts of the country have palatable tap water you know. here in l.a. the water tastes so bad that people go to a water store and fill up 5 gallon jugs with retreated tap water.

now that part is understandable. situation as this, u got to do what u gotta do to have water for needs.

[afrocentric]

Originally Posted by jacqui

They already sell air, at least I am paying Sprint a fee a month for air time.
lol

mee tooo....

[Baba Ahmed]

Originally Posted by afrocentric

yeah, i heard.. and there were people buying it like dummies. how can u buy tap water when u pay for your water? just didn't make sense. next thing u know they will be selling toliet water as drinking water.

Rather than dub'em "dummies," if u research spring water, u'll see that many such companies have been do n the same thing. Generally its a matter of labeling tricknology; e.g., openingly often u'll see below a brand name the word, "Artesian" water. Looks fancy, huh? And notice pictures of water run'n down a mountain. Simply tho its well water.

Here in Atlanta, Ga. "purified water is a biggie." We're informed its recycled tap water, with add processing steps to remove some of the chemicals etc.

Another "health foods" term that requires diligent vigilance? Organic. Peep at the varied "legal" definitions. And steps required to receive gov't approved labeling. We were/are looking into it; meanwhile we've thought to just call our vegetables "home grown." I can explain our techniques. Don't bleeve me? No problema, don't buy!

[afrocentric]

Originally Posted by Baba Ahmed

Rather than dub'em "dummies," if u research spring water, u'll see that many such companies have been do n the same thing. Generally its a matter of labeling tricknology; e.g., openingly often u'll see below a brand name the word, "Artesian" water. Looks fancy, huh? And notice pictures of water run'n down a mountain. Simply tho its well water.

Here in Atlanta, Ga. "purified water is a biggie." We're informed its recycled tap water, with add processing steps to remove some of the chemicals etc.

Another "health foods" term that requires diligent vigilance? Organic. Peep at the varied "legal" definitions. And steps required to receive gov't approved labeling. We were/are looking into it; meanwhile we've thought to just call our vegetables "home grown." I can explain our techniques. Don't bleeve me? No problema, don't buy!

mmmmm....i see what ur saying.