Assessing Pepsi's selling tap water as spring water in Aquafina 17 Articles

by Mark Dawson

After reading the opinions of both sides of the argument from contributors about this issue, I think both sides missed the mark on the bottle water business. First of all, no one was conned at all. When bottled water fir...read more

by Maxwell Payne

People are acting surprised by this news that Aquafina is actually purified tap water from public sources. While I commend Pepsi for finally admitting to this already assumed knowledge, I am not sure what to think about al...read more

by Ted Sherman

For years, thirsty people have been conned into paying a dollar or more for those so-called elite bottles of fresh water. Every fashionable jogger, biker and hiker carries them. The snooty bottlers claim the water was from...read more

by Jessica Callele

I always knew that aquafina was not spring water, only tap water that has been filtered five times through reverse osmosis. I'm sorry for others who thought otherwise. And if you think the "bring your bottle" or cooler w...read more

by Yehuda Harmor

Although I would expect nothing more than deceitful money grubbing behaviour from any large corporation, I think it noteworthy that in this case Pepsi's customers are no worse off than drinkers of competing products. it...read more

by Gary Robertson

Personally, I've always had my doubts about bottled water. I don't mean from a purity perspective. After all, I'm sure the health-and-safety-o-meter at the Trading Standards Batcave would register a full scale deflection...read more

by Francine M.

We've always been hearing the rumors that bottled spring water is actually the same as tap water, but we've shrugged off those suggestions. We felt better about drinking the water because we wanted to believe that it is cl...read more

by Brett Miller

I just have to laugh- at myself! The total article revealed that Aquafina was produced by Pepsi and their rival, Coke, produced Dansani. I love Dansani water. Our family is devotees of this brand. On road trips, we...read more

by Howard Nichols

That doesn't surprise me at all, coming from a giant like Pepsico. But some companies actually do sell real spring water. On the Poland Spring bottle ("division of Nestle Waters") it says: "Natural Spring Water", and lists...read more

by Wordsleuth

I think it is sad that anyone uses the word con or lies to describe what Pepsi and Coke did with their bottle water brands, Aquafina and Dasani. At what point should people be responsible for their own decisions? Coke ...read more

by Mark Borries

Pepsi coming forward and admitting that Aquafina isn't spring water shouldn't come as a shock to anyone. The bottled water industry that has exploded over the last 10 years has always been looking for the slickest way to m...read more

by Mark

Well the problem is simple here. Pepsi, coke, food manufacturers aren't telling you something. its a very big thing actually! They're frightened to death! What of I hear you ask. and the answer is simple. its P...read more

by Gavin Black

I saw right through that from the first time I tasted Aquafina. I don't have a problem with it, if people want to buy it then let it be, but I won't buy it, If I could make money selling bottled water I would be all over i...read more

by BuildWith

If it does not taste like spring water why would anyone associate it with such? I know many people live in areas that are very metropolitan with poor water sources with a majority of water being pumped in from another sour...read more

by Lauren Carter

What we do need to remember as a nation is that the richest people in the world who own the most successful companies did most certainly not get there by honest work and goodwill . But it comes down to that these money i...read more

by Gary Tougher

To all who are in shock that Aquafina is not water from that healthy nutrient pure bubbling spring that possibly you thought it was, here are two words for you. Caveat emptor. Let the buyer beware. The bottle label never s...read more

by Rohano

Many companies make fortunes by selling packaged water at massively marked-up prices. Aquafina among them. Many companies bottle their water at "natural sources," which include lakes, rivers, springs and sometimes undergr...read more