Written by
dave in Tuesday, December 9th 2008 under
Drinks
Yesterday at lunch I grabbed a bottle of water to wash down my Moe’s burrito and my dining companion asked me if I liked Coca-Cola brand Dasani because of the extra salt they added. (I think he was being a smart ass and ribbing me for my support of the wicked Coca Cola company).
“Salt? I don’t think they add salt. They’d have to put in the ingredients list if they did.”
So, I searched out the ingredients on the bottle of water, expecting to find, you know, WATER, but I was also greeted with this surprise - “water, magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, salt.” Not just salt, but THREE KINDS of salt. Magnesium sulfate is commonly known as Epsom salt, salt is commonly known as salt, and potassium chloride is commonly known as the stuff they use in lethal injections, the stuff they use to make fertilizer, or salt substitute (technically it’s still a salt, it just isn’t SODIUM chloride).
Of course, this should not be a surprise because Dasani uses this fact as part of their product description. Right under the brand name the water is tagged as “Enhanced with minerals for a pure fresh taste.”
I remember when Dasani caught a lot of flack because it’s basically tap water. That didn’t bother me. What’s wrong with tap water? Or, rather, what’s wrong with properly filtered tap water? Nothing! It’s delicious. What concerns me more is the tremendous amount of plastic drink industries use. That shit’s not going away anytime soon. You’re welcome, Grandkids!
But, now that I know Dasani serves my water on the rocks, I may have to re-think my lunchtime drinking habits.