Coca-Cola argued in court that “no reasonable person” would believe that Vitamin Water was healthy or good for you.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-dark-side-of-vitaminw_b_669716
“It’s ok to exploit people if they’re gullible or vulnerable”
I remember reading this. Fuckers.
My high school took out our soda machines because they were “unhealthy,” and replaced them with Vitamin Water and Minute Maid juice (eg, sugar water). In fairness, I’d never expect a district administrator to be a “reasonable person.”
Vitamin water does have about half as much sugar as soda so that’s a bit of an improvement.
Given the brands you mention I bet they have a contract with Coca-Cola or those machines produce a nontrivial amount of profit such that the machines removal is disincentivized.
So they replaced it with other sodas that paid more…
and … did the argument pass? o.O
Its got electrolytes
Mmm salt
And potassium!
Technically.
You joke but… in tech school cantine, there was this “Vitamine Well” drink i took, since it was the only one that’s not too acidic (easily get heartburn). I had fissures in the corner of the mouth for years there and then it was suddenly gone. Later, i read that deficiency in some vitamin B variations (which were in that drink) causes said fissures. Since then i buy it once all one or two weeks and have no fissures anymore.
Long story short; they’re not entirely useless.
Maybe. But you would get far more out of a multivitamin then you would out of vitamin water. Vitamin water only contains water soluble vitamins for obvious reasons. But your body needs so much more than just those. Especially since most water soluble vitamins get pissed out of you before your day is even close to finished. I’m happy it worked out for you but if you had been taking supplements (or just an overall improved diet of non-overprocessed foods) all along, you would have not had the problem in the first place. What vitamin water does contain that you don’t find in supplements is large amounts of sugar and dyes. Hence the meme.
VITAMIN WATER: You’ll get your daily dose of microplastics…
More…
Same guy (Law & Order: Criminal Intent):
How could Dr $0.50 lie to us?!
Powerade knows it’s place (1st in my heart).
To avoid plastic waste, I’m ready to have it piped to drink and to shower and wash my clothes/dishes in.
Even more sticky after showering. Bugs would love that. Enjoy!
Still plain water for the toilet though right?
Vitamin Water does have a place
Vitaminwater in Canada is sugar-free so I’m surprised to learn it’s full sugar in the states. I definitely grab them here and there when I’m at the hospital for an appointment or looking for something that won’t fuck with the ol’ diabetes in the store.
No it isn’t? It has 32g of sugar per bottle unless you buy the zero sugar version
I have never seen the sugared version in western Canada, only the zero calorie ones.
We have both sugar free and full sugar. I want to say the sugar free is more popular but I don’t pay that much attention.
In my teens, we were given vitamin water after sports games thanks to corporate donations. Most HS players lived off that.
Yay for-profit schools on poor urban neighborhoods.
It’s not as much as soda and there is a “zero sugar” variant, but yeah the regular kind does have sugar in the US
God damn it, now I have to listen to it.
I don’t even like it all that much. Not their best.
Some tap waters have magnesium and calcium in them. Some are even sold bottled
