Comments on: Improved Water?

By: werty

werty — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:22:35 +0000

I used to drink vitamin water a few years ago, but then realized it was just fructose (corn syrup) and some other crap that is bad for me.

Lately I have been throwing a slice of lemon or lime in the water. It tastes great and costs like 3 cents per glass.

Another treat is a slice of ginger in some hot water.

I have also seen and tasted cucumber… so if you like cucumbers give it a shot. Makes for an interesting taste.

I hate how those companies push it as water, it is loaded with chemicals or crap, costs a fortune and comes in a plastic bottle. F them all.

By: dentonmd

dentonmd — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:08:37 +0000

Everyone wants to be 50 Cent! Vitamin Water can only be beat if people can beat the price and still sustain the taste. Also it has to be this “New Thing”. The way VM was.. At first people didn’t know it was a Coke product so if you brand it Snapple… I think your missing out on the opportunity to be as cool as jones soda.

dentonmd

By: Bukola

Bukola — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:01:19 +0000

Thanks for the post CC! The proliferation of flavored water will be interesting to watch over the next 5 to 10 years for a couple of reasons: 1) The movement against ‘bottled water’ by environmentalists and green consumers 2)How bottled water and it’s baby (flavored water) will react 3) Who will be the pepsi and coke of flavored water? and 4) Will the major players be new or established brands?

I love Vitamin Water (and I’m sure Snapple’s version is yummy too) but its chock full of sugar. I have a hard time calling it water!

By: Cliff Ravenscraft

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:53:08 +0000

Okay, well I have to say that the MySpace Page has a pretty crappy layout, but hey, aren’t they all crappy looking on MySpace?

The Commercial however, I liked it. It was different!

As for flavored waters… I’ve tried a few different brands, I just don’t like the aftertaste. In my book, CLEAN PURE WATER that is ICE COLD is the best!

Cliff

By: Helen B.

Helen B. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:51:56 +0000

This stuff is so far from water… all the crap they put into this beverage and the honestly try to promote the benefits? damn…people must be really dumb.

the commercial was horrible by the way. The bubble wrap thing is just plain stupid.

If you want a flavored water that really is water, try “hint”…no calories, no sugar , no bullsh*t. and its tastes good too.

F U SNAPPLE!

By: Greg Hollingsworth

Greg Hollingsworth — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:46:10 +0000

Forget flavored imitations and boring old H20. You need H206.
After reading your post (and a reply post from Mr. Penn on his blog), I did a search for “Fitness Water” and this was one of the results I got.

http://www.fitnesswater.org/

Fitness Water
Ultra Hydration for Metabolic Efficiency

It made me laugh, but at least it’s just water, sort of.

By: Snapple Antioxidant Water is a Soft Drink

Snapple Antioxidant Water is a Soft Drink — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:27:19 +0000

[…] A few folks have been mentioning Snapple’s new soft drink, Snapple Antioxidant Water. […]

By: C.C.

C.C. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:13:13 +0000

Chris, you are totally right. It was one of the first things I looked at because I wondered how much of the added stuff added to the calories.

There is some other fitness water out there right now with a whole campaign around the idea of calories. I forget who, but when I saw it, I thought it was dead on.

By: Christopher S. Penn

Christopher S. Penn — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:08:26 +0000

Or you could use fruit to flavor your water. Any fruit that has an aromatic oil will work great - citrus rinds contain tons of those oils (which is why you can smell someone peeling an orange in another part of the house) and flavor up water great.

One thing that’s not obvious about Snapple’s “water” is the 125 calories per bottle. Calling it water when it’s a soft drink is somewhat misleading.

By: Daniel Johnson, Jr.

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:09:52 +0000

To be honest? I’m not into the whole vitamin water movement. Especially when I find that I suddenly have to be concerned about the amount of calories in my “water”.

It is not very likely that I would get this water of which you speak.

By: Derek Jay Steen

Derek Jay Steen — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:54:06 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts, CC! (The bubble wrap commercial is neato.)

In Australia, we have Vitamin Water (same thing as your Snapple, I gather). I love regular old water, and I’m an extremely fussy person when it comes to food/drink, so I’ve never been game enough to try it.

Also, the Vitamin Water label makes it look like some kind of medical liquid or drug. I know that’s a weird thing to turn be off a drink (’don’t judge a book by its cover’), but I’d be more inclined to Snapple for the label alone.

I’ll be sure to post my thoughts when I get around to trying it.