Coca-cola cancels German launch of bottled water

Coca-Cola Nixes Expansion Plan after Water Scandal - Deutsche Welle


It all sounds very Dell-Boy-esque to me. Remember that episode where he was selling "Peckham Springs" water?

Most certainly do! Good ol' Del Boy!

BTW, Coca Cola flooded Sidcup as one of the pipes burst in their "tap water manufacturing company"! Went down almost as well as having to actually pay nearly a pound for a bottle of tap water in the first place!

Bunny

Anyway, from a source not to be told on the net, coca cola are bringing out two new brands next month.

Looks like greed's finally getting its own back on Coca-Cola. Not content with cleaning up in the tooth decay in a can market they keep trying to launch new brands in the UK and Europe... that fail.

Desani is the most recent but do you remember Quattro, Tab Clear & Cherry Coke?

The latter disappeared for years but has made a return but cherry coke was certainly the only one that was any good - However I'm still not prepared to consider root canal as a viable option just to enjoy the taste of chemically reproduced cherries.

Now I hear that the latest Cokes with a twist of Lemon or Vanilla are about to be pulled thanks to dwindling sales.

Oh I like the Vanilla Coke. Reminds me of Coke floats my Grandad used to make me as a kid.

Me too, I remember drinking Hays Ice Cream Soda as a kid... mmmm delicious it was.

The Vanilla Coke is doing very good they are having trouble getting it to customers. As i said next month there are two new cokes coming out, will let you know tomorrow what they are.

The suspense is killing me BBulldog.

They now have a bottled water - Bonaqua.

Bonaqua's been around for years. Funnier stuff about Bonaqua: there's a "concentrated" form available in figals (five-gallon containers) for places that use postmix systems (syrup plus CO2-water mixed when served like at McD's or in soda guns at bars). Didn't seem syrupy to me, just... water.

Municipal water is tested much more rigorously than bottled stuff and has a much higher standard that it must meet.

woof.

Not true. Both waters are mandated to be free of pathogens and cannot exceed certain concentrations. In fact, while with bottled water you can be sure of these parameters (unless the QA program has failed), what happens with municipal water after it leaves the public lines and enters the house is sometimes questionable. Anyone who has had old iron pipes will know what I mean - standing water in the house net sometimes oxidizes the Iron and you get Orange/Brown water!

Just a question, why don't Coca-Cola sell Spezi outside of Germany. Tis yum

Tis a local thing.. I think it's vile and won't touch the stuff...

Whereas most kids love it! You're just too old!

CocaCola doesn't spell Spezi, it sells SchwppSchwapp / MezzoMix or some other piss.

Spezi comes from the Paulaner brewery.

'tis great for hangovers.

"Mezzo Mix" is Coke's orange/cola mix, "Schwipp Schwapp " is Pepsi's. "Spezi" was the first and has become a generic name in general usage although the trademark is still valid.

woof.

Aye like Red Bull. Red Bull mind is currently suing a central Munich disco for serving a generic product as "Vodkabull".

"But the real public relations disaster came later. After the recall, it came to light that the water was simply treated and purified tap water from the factory, a practice which many point out is common in the bottled water industry."

Germany is very strict about it´s classification of waters...Since studying over here, I´m afraid I know more about the German classifications than about those in my own country anyway here there are basically 5 categories:
1.Natural Mineral Water (Natürliches Mineralwasser)
2.Natural Healing Water (Natürliches Heilwasser)
3.Spring Water (Quellwasser)
4.Table Water (Tafelwasser)
5.Drinking Water (Trinkwasser)

Numbers 1 and 2 are the most restrictive. They require original purity, origination from an underground and contaminant free water source, minimum mineral and trace element levels (for #1), proof of healing ability (for #2), official recognition (for #1) and official approval (for #2), bottling at the source.

Number 3 only requires the underground source, minimum mineral/trace element levels, and bottling at the source.

Number 4 doesn´t require any of the above!

Number 5 applies to all water (original and treated) that is fit for consumption, cooking (or preparation thereof), or for household cleansing and sanitation. This water category applies regardless of the source of the water or it´s form.

There are a lot more intimate details. To me, saying that a water has been "treated and purified" is not necessarily a bad thing, however I think that the German system allows us to be more choosy in picking which bottled water to drink from. I don´t know how it is in England, but here bottled water is a very loose classification. The water here is safe for sure -whichever category one drinks from, but we have to assume that the quality control programs are effective!