not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
the ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such
a big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to promote
something that is not 100% safe, surely they try and test, and try and
test new products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B but i
cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water")
Have any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you still
feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind lawsuits?.

(paula) wrote in

> not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
> months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
> firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
> it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
> the ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such
> a big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to promote
> something that is not 100% safe, surely they try and test, and try and
> test new products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B but i
> cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water")
> Have any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you still
> feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind lawsuits?.
>
The drink is Dasini, a bottled water. Which turns out to be distilled tap
water, though it's marketed to imply (not stated outright) that it comes
from upmarket springs.

--
Dan Goodman
Journal http://dsgood.blogspot.com or
http://www.livejournal.com/users/dsgood/
Whatever you wish for me, may you have twice as much.

In article >,
says...
> (paula) wrote in
>
> > not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
> > months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
> > firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
> > it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
> > the ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such
> > a big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to promote
> > something that is not 100% safe, surely they try and test, and try and
> > test new products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B but i
> > cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water")
> > Have any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you still
> > feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind lawsuits?.
> >
> The drink is Dasini, a bottled water. Which turns out to be distilled tap
> water, though it's marketed to imply (not stated outright) that it comes
> from upmarket springs.
>
>
Here's a link to some information about it from the Foods Standards
Agency, which appears to be the equivalent of the U.S.'s FDA in the U.K.
The recall is only in the U.K., as far as I can tell.

http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/news...asanistatement

or

http://tinyurl.com/25x43
--
Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

In article >,
says...
> (paula) wrote in
>
> > not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
> > months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
> > firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
> > it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
> > the ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such
> > a big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to promote
> > something that is not 100% safe, surely they try and test, and try and
> > test new products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B but i
> > cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water")
> > Have any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you still
> > feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind lawsuits?.
> >
> The drink is Dasini, a bottled water. Which turns out to be distilled tap
> water, though it's marketed to imply (not stated outright) that it comes
> from upmarket springs.
>
>
Here's a link to some information about it from the Foods Standards
Agency, which appears to be the equivalent of the U.S.'s FDA in the U.K.
The recall is only in the U.K., as far as I can tell.

http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/news...asanistatement

or

http://tinyurl.com/25x43
--
Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

(paula) wrote in

> not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
> months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
> firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
> it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
> the ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such
> a big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to promote
> something that is not 100% safe, surely they try and test, and try and
> test new products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B but i
> cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water")
> Have any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you still
> feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind lawsuits?.
>
The drink is Dasini, a bottled water. Which turns out to be distilled tap
water, though it's marketed to imply (not stated outright) that it comes
from upmarket springs.

--
Dan Goodman
Journal http://dsgood.blogspot.com or
http://www.livejournal.com/users/dsgood/
Whatever you wish for me, may you have twice as much.

what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with lime? my daughter
said it tastes like pine cleaner (I swear I never gave her pine cleaner to
drink, honest). I tried it and it tasted the way turpentine smells to me.
Any other comments?
-Ginny

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with lime?

I bought a bottle out of curiosity. I finished it with a little help
from my bottle of Appleton's rum, okay, I mixed it about half and half.
Anyway, it tasted like diet coke mixed with rancid lime. The alcohol
took the rancid edge off, making it palatable (and I got a buzz,
woohoo!). I did try a little bit before mixing the rum in and it was
rather gross, but not so bad I could not finish it.

--
John Gaughan
http://www.johngaughan.net/

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with lime? my
> daughter said it tastes like pine cleaner (I swear I never gave her
> pine cleaner to drink, honest). I tried it and it tasted the way
> turpentine smells to me. Any other comments?
> -Ginny

I dunno, but I was horrified to hear Nilsson's classic song cut and used in
a commercial.

Jill

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:59:42 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote:
>
>I dunno, but I was horrified to hear Nilsson's classic song cut and used in
>a commercial.
>
>Jill
>
i've been fortunate enough not to hear it so far, but i can imagine
it.

your pal,
blake

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:59:42 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote:
>
>I dunno, but I was horrified to hear Nilsson's classic song cut and used in
>a commercial.
>
>Jill
>
i've been fortunate enough not to hear it so far, but i can imagine
it.

your pal,
blake

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with lime?

I bought a bottle out of curiosity. I finished it with a little help
from my bottle of Appleton's rum, okay, I mixed it about half and half.
Anyway, it tasted like diet coke mixed with rancid lime. The alcohol
took the rancid edge off, making it palatable (and I got a buzz,
woohoo!). I did try a little bit before mixing the rum in and it was
rather gross, but not so bad I could not finish it.

--
John Gaughan
http://www.johngaughan.net/

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with lime? my
> daughter said it tastes like pine cleaner (I swear I never gave her
> pine cleaner to drink, honest). I tried it and it tasted the way
> turpentine smells to me. Any other comments?
> -Ginny

I dunno, but I was horrified to hear Nilsson's classic song cut and used in
a commercial.

Jill

in article , Virginia Tadrzynski
at wrote on 3/19/04 10:34 PM:

> what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with lime? my daughter
> said it tastes like pine cleaner (I swear I never gave her pine cleaner to
> drink, honest). I tried it and it tasted the way turpentine smells to me.
> Any other comments?
> -Ginny
>
>

Evil.
Vile.
Disgusting.

I tried it. I hate diet Coke, I don't know why I tried it, the only diet
coke product I can honestly say I like is the diet vanilla coke. But I tried
it. They were sampling at the grocery store. I took a sip. Made a face.
Kinda like the face on that cartoon character on the bottles of household
cleaner to let kids know not to taste it. The demonstrator smiled meekly at
me and said "i agree". I took one more sip, just to make sure. Vile. Evil,
Disgusting. I made another face. I refused to take the last sip.

I do not like their lemon diet coke either. It's too "Fake" tasting. Tastes
the way lemon pledge smells.

If I only have Coke products to choose from, I take coca cola, not diet
coke. I did that just today, in fact.

in article , Virginia Tadrzynski
at wrote on 3/19/04 10:34 PM:

> what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with lime? my daughter
> said it tastes like pine cleaner (I swear I never gave her pine cleaner to
> drink, honest). I tried it and it tasted the way turpentine smells to me.
> Any other comments?
> -Ginny
>
>

Evil.
Vile.
Disgusting.

I tried it. I hate diet Coke, I don't know why I tried it, the only diet
coke product I can honestly say I like is the diet vanilla coke. But I tried
it. They were sampling at the grocery store. I took a sip. Made a face.
Kinda like the face on that cartoon character on the bottles of household
cleaner to let kids know not to taste it. The demonstrator smiled meekly at
me and said "i agree". I took one more sip, just to make sure. Vile. Evil,
Disgusting. I made another face. I refused to take the last sip.

I do not like their lemon diet coke either. It's too "Fake" tasting. Tastes
the way lemon pledge smells.

If I only have Coke products to choose from, I take coca cola, not diet
coke. I did that just today, in fact.

(paula) wrote in message . com>...
> not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
> months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
> firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
> it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
> the ingredients could be a potential health risk.

Apparently, when the water is purified using ozone, any naturally
occuring (and safe) bromide is changed to bromate, which is a
carcinogen.

Here's something from www.rediff.com:

Coca-Cola recalls Dasani bottled water in UK

March 20, 2004 00:23 IST


[Rediff.com] - Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has been forced to withdraw
its entire Dasani range of bottled water from British shelves after
detecting illegal levels of Bromate, reports The Times, London.

About 500,000 bottles are being recalled after the bromate levels
exceeded British legal standards. The Food Standards Agency, however,
said there was no 'immediate risk to public health'.

"Coca-Cola, the makers of Dasani, informed the Food Standards Agency
yesterday that some samples of their bottled water product, Dasani,
have been found to contain bromate at higher levels than are legally
permitted in the UK for either bottled or tap water," an FSA
spokeswoman said.

"Coca-Cola has advised the agency that they are immediately
withdrawing the product from sale. This is a sensible measure by the
company as bromate is a chemical that could cause an increased cancer
risk as a result of long-term exposure, although there is no immediate
risk to public health.

"However, the Agency understands that some consumers may choose not to
drink any Dasani they purchased prior to its withdrawal, given the
levels of bromate it contains."

Experts said bromate is produced during the purification process of
water.

Bubbablue wrote:
> Experts said bromate is produced during the purification process of
> water.

The water is contaminated during the purification process. Got it.

--
John Gaughan
http://www.johngaughan.net/

Bubbablue wrote:
> Experts said bromate is produced during the purification process of
> water.

The water is contaminated during the purification process. Got it.

--
John Gaughan
http://www.johngaughan.net/

paula wrote in message >. ..
>not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
>months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
>firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
>it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
>the ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such
>a big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to promote
>something that is not 100% safe, surely they try and test, and try and
>test new products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B but i
>cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water")
>Have any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you still
>feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind lawsuits?.

considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've seen, i don't think
that they give a shit unless they get caught putting something that doesnt
have a lobby to back it up in soda.

--
Saerah

TANSTAAFL

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive
power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some
farcical aquatic ceremony."

In article >,
"Saerah" > wrote:

> considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've seen, i don't think
> that they give a shit unless they get caught putting something that doesnt
> have a lobby to back it up in soda.

IIRC, Pepsi's One uses Splenda (sucralose).

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Scott wrote in message ...
>In article >,
> "Saerah" > wrote:
>
>> considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've seen, i don't
think
>> that they give a shit unless they get caught putting something that
doesnt
>> have a lobby to back it up in soda.
>
>IIRC, Pepsi's One uses Splenda (sucralose).

still tastes like shit

--
Saerah

TANSTAAFL

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive
power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some
farcical aquatic ceremony."

Saerah wrote:
> Scott wrote in message ...
>> In article >,
>> "Saerah" > wrote:
>>
>>> considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've seen, i don't think
>>> that they give a shit unless they get caught putting something that doesnt
>>> have a lobby to back it up in soda.
>>
>> IIRC, Pepsi's One uses Splenda (sucralose).
>
> still tastes like shit
>
> --
> Saerah
>

You'd be the expert on that taste?

BOB wrote in message m>...
>Saerah wrote:
>> Scott wrote in message ...
>>> In article >,
>>> "Saerah" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've seen, i don't
think
>>>> that they give a shit unless they get caught putting something that
doesnt
>>>> have a lobby to back it up in soda.
>>>
>>> IIRC, Pepsi's One uses Splenda (sucralose).
>>
>> still tastes like shit
>>
>> --
>> Saerah
>>
>
>You'd be the expert on that taste?

oh man, you got me. total burn.

whatever.

--
Saerah

TANSTAAFL

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive
power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some
farcical aquatic ceremony."

BOB wrote in message m>...
>Saerah wrote:
>> Scott wrote in message ...
>>> In article >,
>>> "Saerah" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've seen, i don't
think
>>>> that they give a shit unless they get caught putting something that
doesnt
>>>> have a lobby to back it up in soda.
>>>
>>> IIRC, Pepsi's One uses Splenda (sucralose).
>>
>> still tastes like shit
>>
>> --
>> Saerah
>>
>
>You'd be the expert on that taste?

oh man, you got me. total burn.

whatever.

--
Saerah

TANSTAAFL

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive
power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some
farcical aquatic ceremony."

Saerah wrote:
> Scott wrote in message ...
>> In article >,
>> "Saerah" > wrote:
>>
>>> considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've seen, i don't think
>>> that they give a shit unless they get caught putting something that doesnt
>>> have a lobby to back it up in soda.
>>
>> IIRC, Pepsi's One uses Splenda (sucralose).
>
> still tastes like shit
>
> --
> Saerah
>

You'd be the expert on that taste?

Scott wrote in message ...
>In article >,
> "Saerah" > wrote:
>
>> considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've seen, i don't
think
>> that they give a shit unless they get caught putting something that
doesnt
>> have a lobby to back it up in soda.
>
>IIRC, Pepsi's One uses Splenda (sucralose).

still tastes like shit

--
Saerah

TANSTAAFL

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive
power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some
farcical aquatic ceremony."

In article >,
"Saerah" > wrote:

> considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've seen, i don't think
> that they give a shit unless they get caught putting something that doesnt
> have a lobby to back it up in soda.

IIRC, Pepsi's One uses Splenda (sucralose).

--
to respond, change "spamless.invalid" with "optonline.net"
please mail OT responses only

what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with lime? my daughter
said it tastes like pine cleaner (I swear I never gave her pine cleaner to
drink, honest). I tried it and it tasted the way turpentine smells to me.
Any other comments?
-Ginny

(paula) wrote in message . com>...
> not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
> months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
> firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
> it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
> the ingredients could be a potential health risk.

Apparently, when the water is purified using ozone, any naturally
occuring (and safe) bromide is changed to bromate, which is a
carcinogen.

Here's something from www.rediff.com:

Coca-Cola recalls Dasani bottled water in UK

March 20, 2004 00:23 IST


[Rediff.com] - Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has been forced to withdraw
its entire Dasani range of bottled water from British shelves after
detecting illegal levels of Bromate, reports The Times, London.

About 500,000 bottles are being recalled after the bromate levels
exceeded British legal standards. The Food Standards Agency, however,
said there was no 'immediate risk to public health'.

"Coca-Cola, the makers of Dasani, informed the Food Standards Agency
yesterday that some samples of their bottled water product, Dasani,
have been found to contain bromate at higher levels than are legally
permitted in the UK for either bottled or tap water," an FSA
spokeswoman said.

"Coca-Cola has advised the agency that they are immediately
withdrawing the product from sale. This is a sensible measure by the
company as bromate is a chemical that could cause an increased cancer
risk as a result of long-term exposure, although there is no immediate
risk to public health.

"However, the Agency understands that some consumers may choose not to
drink any Dasani they purchased prior to its withdrawal, given the
levels of bromate it contains."

Experts said bromate is produced during the purification process of
water.

paula wrote in message >. ..
>not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
>months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
>firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
>it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
>the ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such
>a big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to promote
>something that is not 100% safe, surely they try and test, and try and
>test new products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B but i
>cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water")
>Have any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you still
>feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind lawsuits?.

considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've seen, i don't think
that they give a shit unless they get caught putting something that doesnt
have a lobby to back it up in soda.

--
Saerah

TANSTAAFL

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive
power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some
farcical aquatic ceremony."

On 19 Mar 2004 15:20:01 -0800, (paula) wrote:

>not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
>months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
>firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
>it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
>the ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such
>a big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to promote
>something that is not 100% safe, surely they try and test, and try and
>test new products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B but i
>cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water")
>Have any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you still
>feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind lawsuits?.


Here's a link to the full story...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/s...174127,00.html

Regards,
Tracy R.

On 19 Mar 2004 15:20:01 -0800, (paula) wrote:

>not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple of
>months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by the coke
>firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a million bottles of
>it has been removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one of
>the ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such
>a big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to promote
>something that is not 100% safe, surely they try and test, and try and
>test new products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B but i
>cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water")
>Have any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you still
>feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind lawsuits?.


Here's a link to the full story...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/s...174127,00.html

Regards,
Tracy R.