Now here’s something you wouldn’t expect. Coca-Cola is being sued by a non-profit public interest group, on the grounds that the company’s vitaminwater products make unwarranted health claims. No surprise there. But how do you think the company is defending itself?
In a staggering feat of twisted logic, lawyers for Coca-Cola are defending the lawsuit by asserting that “no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking vitaminwater was a healthy beverage.”
Does this mean that you’d have to be an unreasonable person to think that a product named “vitaminwater,” a product that has been heavily and aggressively marketed as a healthy beverage, actually had health benefits?
Or does it mean that it’s okay for a corporation to lie about its products, as long as they can then turn around and claim that no one actually believes their lies?
Those damn corporations. They think the public is really stupid.
Wait…
Found by Cinàedh.
I’d assume it was an over hyped bottle of water with negligible traces of vitamin C in it===aka==about the same as every other “health” anything sold.
All kinds of expensive diet aids can be more effectively and cheaply substituted by a multivitamin pill and a glass of milk===and you can even avoid the HighFructoseCornSyrup when doing so.
I would only drink that with vodka.
There are allot of concerns here. FOR ALL HEALTH/SPORTS DRINKS.
Its like the OLD chemistry sets and 24/48 Chemicals inside. and NOW days its 3/4?? MAYBE??
the only way to MAKE SURE someone doesnt get SICK, is to NOT use Fat soluble Vitamins/minerals.
Also the human body is WEIRD.
IF YOU SUPPLY something to your BODY, your BODY STOPS creating the Chemicals YOU SUPPLY.
Then you QUIT/MISS 1-2 days, and your body goes to HELL.
Ever see a COFFEE Person that HASNT had that 1-2 cups of coffee??
Also your body CAN/WILL get rid of MOST Over supply of Water based vit/minerals. but you are over working your body.
Iv mentioned to KIDS about sports drinks(not about HFCS) That drinking these drinks, is WORSE then 3-4 cups of coffee. For al the B vits, and Niacin and CAFFEINE, your BODY gets used to it. THEN you drink it like soda pop, and SIT/DO NOTHING and your body has all this energy…what TO DO..STORE IT..how does the BODY store energy?? FAT..
Also, another point..
VITAMIN WATER..is probably ONLY water soluble Vits. AND I WOULD HOPE they are <25% of your daily allowance.
The NAME says its your Vits, and you will consider this is ALL YOU NEED…WRONG, to the nTH degree.
#2 try Cranberry/raspberry Juice. WONDERFUL.
And the CRan/ BLUEBERRY is great also.
Well if they had only drank Smart Water they would have known that!
DUH!
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#3 Interesting.
I just think they repackaged Kool-Aid with less sugar and jacked up the price.
#1 bobbo said, “I’d assume it was an over hyped bottle of water with negligible traces of vitamin C in it===aka==about the same as every other “health” anything sold.”
My plan is to sell water mixed with a miracle health product called dihydrogen monoxide. It is not just good, it it good for you. I could charge a premium and make millions. I wonder if I could patent it.
“All kinds of expensive diet aids can be more effectively and cheaply substituted by a multivitamin pill and a glass of milk===and you can even avoid the HighFructoseCornSyrup when doing so.”
Not really. I found I need to supplement my multivitamin with a couple 99mg potassium supplements. About three dollars more for a bottle of 50. However, what you said is about accurate. No matter what, you are paying for expensive urine.
Ben,
something to Ponder.
BASICS of life, requirements to SURVIVE..
Water is #2.
They have learned to sell us WATER.
#1 is AIR/OXY..and they are STARTING THAT NOW.
If you figure that..
the water cost ??
The Vits cost ??
Packaging ??
Shipping ??
Adverts? ??
They pay MORE for the last 3, then for the First 2 added Together.
THE BOTTLE costs more then the Water and Vits.
Even BULK 20oz is $1.25
http://www.glaceau.com/index.php?section=faqs
Im going to say something here..
TRY to find the company. ITS ALL FACEBOOK.
I cant find any info on ingredients..on SUGAR content..I dont like artificial Sugars.
And for those that dont understand this..
YOU SHOULD be able to get MOST/ALL your Vits/minerals/supplements/amino acids/… from the FOOD YOU EAT.
In Cokes defense, FOX claims to be “Fair and Balanced”
No consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking Fair and Balanced meant unbiased and accurate.
@Benjamin- Dihydrogen monoxide!?! That stuff should be banned. It’s turning up in everything. Scientists are finding large amounts of it in rain and run off. Children are literally bathing in it. For the children…ban it now!
I plan to market 2 drinks. One will be called “Global Warming Punch”, the other called “Climate Change Kick”.
They won’t be transparent beverages. The ingredients will be verified by beverage scientists from Coca Cola and other major consumer beverage specialists. The slogan will be “Feel the cool in 50 or 100 years or so.”
There will also be stern warnings on the label. “Failure to completely drink this beverage will result mass starvation, eventually leading to an extinction of all life on Earth”.
All product claims are protected under international law. If any claim is challenged by any group or any scientist who is not a beverage specialist at a major consumer beverage company, they will be publicly ridiculed and silenced by all means possible.
Ingredients: Cool-Aid, Arctic Water, Modified Triglycerides (clouding agent), C14, Soot, Polar Bear Urine.
Old story: “There’s a sucker born every minute.” If you want to be healthy, eat healthy food.
Disclaimer: when I go hiking on a very warm day, I drink Gatorade diluted by an equal amount of water. I like it, but I don’t pretend it’s healthy.
Anyone who would drink the yellow colored Vitamin Water has a serious fetish problem. Other than that, I don’t see any particular use for this product.
OR
“They’re infiltrating our precious bodily fluids.”
Finally
“You’ll have to answer to the Coca-Cola Company!”
However did humanity survive until now drinking just water?
But….It’s got electrolytes?!?
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo
This is a classic issue, the public wants and indeed is demanding “healthy” food and kind of knows what that is (Oprah told them), but the FDA will not permit labeling because there’s really little proof that “healthy” is indeed healthy.
So the lawyers’ solution is to sue everyone. Sue them if they have beverages without nutrients (empty calories) or sue them if they add nutrients. And Coke’s lawyers respond with weasel talk of their own.
I used to laugh at the idea of paying money for something called “Vitaminwater”. It seemed so stupid to expect it to be any good. Then my 19 year old son told me it tasted pretty good. I tried it when the Walgreens near my gym switched from Calistoga Water to Arrowhead and I couldn’t get my usual cold Calistoga Water. That was about a year ago. I’m hooked on this shit and I think it tastes just like Kool-Aid. Maybe a little better.
I’m drinking one now. I’m getting dumber by the minute.
#8
They have learned to sell us WATER.
You’ve been paying for water for years.
It it isn’t in cash it is in labour for drawing it.
And we have paid for air as well. It is slowly killing us. But then most everything is slowing killing us, including time.
Nothing in life is for free. There is always a price in one way or the other.
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