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mwooldri

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9. Stands to reason that Coke would be made using muni water...

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #8)

Mon May 7, 2012, 01:38 PM

May 2012

Coke had a little issue with its Dasani water brand when it was discovered that it is nothing more than London tap water, filtered. Killed its market.

Plus AFAIK pretty much every soft drink soda dispenser (Coke, Pepsi, whatever) that you see in restaurants use tap water since the product is sold in concentrate form.

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Coca Cola apologises to China over excessive chlorine content [View all] Judi Lynn May 2012 OP

Guess the Chinese expect an apology after contamination tawadi May 2012 #1

Chinese people probably don't support contamination of themselves nor anyone else in general CreekDog May 2012 #4

No numbers? No news. Just a PR battle. saras May 2012 #2

Did we ever get an apology for the contaminated pet food a few years ago? Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #3

That is what I was wondering tawadi May 2012 #5

It's China; the CEOs probably got executed. provis99 May 2012 #6

Excessive. Javaman May 2012 #7

Most municipal water sources in the US use chlorine NickB79 May 2012 #8

Stands to reason that Coke would be made using muni water... mwooldri May 2012 #9