Vitamin Water

[remidies]

Today I ran across an article about how Coca Cola is in a lawsuit over its so called Vitamin water. As the article reads it says that the vitamins are nothing but chemicals and the water is full of sugar. I could not find the date on this article. Does anyone else know about this?

 

[soursop]

This is the first time I heard about this, and if that is true, Coca Cola has become an irresponsible commercial generator and should lose its credibility.

 

[curer]

I am reading this new item for the first item. Frankly, I've not seen vitamin water in commercial establishments till now. May be, we need to probe a little deeper to find out the truth.

 

[remidies]

I just looked at the article again. Apparently the U.S. consumer group is suing over its marketing tactics. The company claims the drinks reduce the risk of chronic disease and eye disease, promote healthy joints and support immune function, CSPI said. All this claims even though vitamin water has 33 grams of sugar per bottle. Coca Cola says the contents are represented correctly on the labels.

 

[Thyme]

I had my suspicions about this. I never liked them. My husband swears by them, but I never gave it to my kids. Why mess with plain water. That is healthy enough for me. I get my vitamins elsewhere. Why do we all want a one stop shopping in life?

 

[Linda]

I haven't been able to find this article. If someone finds it, please post link. I can't believe Coca Cola is so irresponsible.

 

[HannahD]

Linda, I googled the phrase "coca cola vitamin water lawsuit" and a bunch of articles came up. It looks like the suit goes all the way back to the summer of 2010. Here is a link to one of the articles i found. Not sure if it is specifically the one referred to in this link but it covers the basics of the litigation & both sides' arguments.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/vitaminwater-label-name-misleading-judge-tells-coca-co/19569378/

 

[CrunchyMama]

Plain water is always the best way to go, anyway! Even the "sugar free" flavored water options usually have artificial sweeteners that range from suspect to poisonous. We mostly drink filtered water.

 

[HerbJane]

Wow, what next? I worry about the things that have added vitamins in any form. How do they add them? Chemicals? It all worries me, what's next?

 

[ThymeforRodney]

That's just plain irresponsible of the Coca-Cola company. But of course it wouldn't be the first time a company misrepresented a product they sell. I hate when they do this! 33 Grams of sugar are too much for someone to drink in a liquid that's supposed to be healthy!