water: 99% H2O
We have free drinks at work. This is nice, but some people have been asking for a water cooler. (Currently we have a cooler stocked with pop and a little juice. Oh, and carbonated water, which I personally think tastes foul.)
Apparently a water cooler is hard but bottled water is easy, so we now have bottled water. Flavored bottled water, because I guess people who produce bottled water have to put their individual stamp on the product.
For your edification, then, here are the contents of the label from a 16-ounce bottle of Veryfine "Fruit2O", "natural orange" flavor:
Serving size: 8 fl. oz.
Servings per container: 2
Amount per serving / % RDA:
Calories: 0, 0
Total fat: 0, 0
Sodium: 5mg, 0
Total carb: 0, 0
Sugars: 0
Protein: 0
Ingredients: spring water, citric acid, natural flavor, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preserve freshness), sucralose, a nonnutritive sweetener. Refrigerate after opening.
Preservatives? Artificial sweetener? Refrigerate after opening??? This is supposed to be water!
I guess I'll keep drinking the tap water. It's not the tastiest stuff in the world, but I get enough chemicals in the rest of my diet and don't need to add to them. (Caffeine is still a critical component, though I'm now trying to alternate units of caffeine with units of non-caffeine, hence the water. As I already weigh way more than I should, I take my caffeine with nutrisweet instead of with sugar. I'd like pure caffeine (in cold liquid form), but that's hard.)
Apparently a water cooler is hard but bottled water is easy, so we now have bottled water. Flavored bottled water, because I guess people who produce bottled water have to put their individual stamp on the product.
For your edification, then, here are the contents of the label from a 16-ounce bottle of Veryfine "Fruit2O", "natural orange" flavor:
Serving size: 8 fl. oz.
Servings per container: 2
Amount per serving / % RDA:
Calories: 0, 0
Total fat: 0, 0
Sodium: 5mg, 0
Total carb: 0, 0
Sugars: 0
Protein: 0
Ingredients: spring water, citric acid, natural flavor, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preserve freshness), sucralose, a nonnutritive sweetener. Refrigerate after opening.
Preservatives? Artificial sweetener? Refrigerate after opening??? This is supposed to be water!
I guess I'll keep drinking the tap water. It's not the tastiest stuff in the world, but I get enough chemicals in the rest of my diet and don't need to add to them. (Caffeine is still a critical component, though I'm now trying to alternate units of caffeine with units of non-caffeine, hence the water. As I already weigh way more than I should, I take my caffeine with nutrisweet instead of with sugar. I'd like pure caffeine (in cold liquid form), but that's hard.)