Why you can’t buy Dasani water in Britain
Coca-Cola’s brand of bottled water, Dasani, was a flop in the UK after the public realised it was just filtered tap water. But the story’s a bit more complicated than it might seem. | Drinking Dasani with Ashens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6VhcpwFZJM
Thanks to Sally Le Page on camera! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9AUeAvdEVJfyS9rd9pvp8g
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@TomScottGo
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
If you wish I'd drunk some of this: so do I! And you're in luck, because Ashens and I did just that over on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6VhcpwFZJM
@Zach-kh2
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
In your tap
@ELITETOASTER759
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
2:31 In most parts of America where the ground water tastes bad most of us have reverse osmosis systems built into our homes which makes the water actually taste good.
@PotterGustav
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
As a creature that's 70% water, living on a planet that is 70% water, if you pay for the water you use, you have lost your way.
@SallyLloyd-p5z
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
The problem with a lot of water in the UK isn't the water it's what it cones through!
A lot of house pipes are old and so e are metallic. And that doesn't help the taste.
@Agmanthion
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
earl gray is rolling over in his grave
@lambertovitali3152
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Where are all the pedestrians?
@AwkwrdPrtMskrt
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
It's a Dasa-ster, that's what it is.
@jumco9045
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
I feel guilty that I paused this video and didn't watch in one take
@tjgolden
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Walking on the very edge of the sidewalk was a choice..
@fabianf_smmk
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
We get our drinkable water from freshwater sources within germany, our tapwater is already awesome so nah, they would not have had any market here
@Lady_Skywalker_x
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
There is NO WAY this was six years ago 😭
@BelovedDevil
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
the moment i saw the bottle i was like "bottled spunk" XD
@evanfields6478
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
I feel offended that Dasani is being referred to as a disaster in the past tense
@TeamOrderAgent11
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Who's getting this in 2026?
@PeeJayPlay
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
It was RO water. Completely filtered to its base element.. Water. Completely pure, that’s why they add elements back in.
@ravebiscuits8721
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Coming back years later, isn't smart water owned by Coke? Isn't that distilled water plus minerals?
@bigdapramirez6157
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
He's holding the only bottle of Nuka cola quantum in the Mojave. Get him!
@kerosene_flames
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
fun fact: to this day, 22 years later, some bottled water has a tiny bit of text on the label that reads “not from the tap”
@FrankWes
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Anyone else here in 2026 because of the algorithm?
@WiredPigeon
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
I used to love my dasani water, when I had to buy water, because my local dadani was from nyc tap water and it NYC is famously good, clean, water.
@dmdx86
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
American water is actually very good, overall. Water with a high sulfur content is not bad for you. It's not particularly pleasing to the palate but that's not to say the water is actually harmful. I'm sure someone will chime in to comment about lead pipes, but I am referring to the water itself and not the historical use of lead in plumbing systems.
@eliotdaoust
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Hold up did you say 3000% mark up?!
@Wiretalker
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
@TomScottGo enjoyed the video but as you walked and I saw refuge on repeat seemed to be trash everywhere. I was thinking why not a video about cleaning up as you walk and talk instead of thumping on a retro bottle.
@WEl-Williamlord
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
This guy has a weird shape body
@Detractor_Blue
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
YouTube’s algorithm must be getting better. How did it know I’ve detested this water for years
@Chii_WXOfficial
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Average ragebaiter
@evstar2
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Wtf does "can't live without spunk" even mean in America?!?! Here in Australia wouod mean the same thing as in the UK haha. Very funny slogan.
@Kset80
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
0:32 dial a ride
@cheryllyall7217
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
It is about time England cleaned their water up. When I was there in the 90s, there were always stuff floating in the tap water. And we had to buy water purifier jugs. Every so oftenn, we were told to boil the water for safety reasons by the authorities. And you couldn't swim in a canal because it was so dirty. Did they clean the canals up too?
@cattttee
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
still water: those who know
@khalidbinwaleed5072
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Britian has good safety laws
@YanestraAgain
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Bad batch… with bromates in it. Does that sound plausible?
@Ottokeet
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Dasani tastes terrible anyway
@N7Raider
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Bro has a toddlers understanding of soda, Dasani is NOT coke without syrup. 🤣😂🤣😂
@Freak80MC
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Am I the only one who wished he would make more long form content like this? I love this guy's videos, but sometimes I like having longer videos to put on and be able to focus too vs a ton of short form videos I have to constantly change my attention span to switch between
@martinmehaudy9043
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
Dasani was also launched here in Argentina but retired after allegations of contamination. Not sure if they also screwed up here, or Coca-cola decided to retire it after the bad press from the British mishap. Either way, perception of the public was that Dasani was contaminated.
Similarly, Coca-cola launched a yerba mate soda in Argentina around those same years, called Nativa. Such drinks were (and are) very popular in nearby Paraguay and Brazil, there was a huge marketing campaign and I remember everybody enthusiastic about buying it. It tasted horrible and was fairly expensive, a complete flop, it disappeared in less than a year.
@icm-stories
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
The only bottle water I ever saw with an ingredient list
@xXLegitimateXx
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 am
you know what would be an interesting statistic? how much of earth is safe to drink and eat from? and what is the percentage of natural hazard to man made hazard? and how much of that has made life more hazardous as compared to the earth before?
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