RSSCoca-Cola Sued for Marketing Vitaminwater as Healthy
Posted by shari | Under Chemicals, Children's health, Junk foods, Making healthier choices, Water Tuesday Feb 3, 2009Did you know that Vitaminwater has over 33 grams of sugar? That is over 8 teaspoons of sugar! People, stop reading the label claims and start reading the ingredient labels of EVERYTHING you eat or drink. It isn’t enough anymore to just read how much sugar is in something because of the use of Splenda, just read the ingredient label and if any form of sugar, artificial or real is in the list, choose something else…. no high fructose corn syrup, sugar, evaporated cane juice, sucrose, fructose, malitol, sorbitol, splenda, aspertame, etc.
We are the fattest nation hands down and getting fatter and more sick instead of skinnier and healthier. This lawsuit is a nice turn in the right direction, but the bottom line is each individual person needs to be responsible to read their own labels and make good choices….if there wasn’t consumers buying the product, there wouldn’t need to be a lawsuit. Our bodies need pure, filtered water and nothing else….us adults need to become the example to our younger generations and be parent enough to not give in to them because we know what is best for them. <stepping down off soap box now…>
A class-action suit contends that Coca-Cola is illegally marketing its “Vitaminwater” line as a healthy product. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is one party to the suit, which cites California consumer-protection laws.
According to the suit, “Vitaminwater is not a healthy beverage. Rather it is sugar water — just like soft drinks — with a few added vitamins.”
The suit cites the labeling of Vitaminwater with flavors such as “defense,” “rescue,” “energy” and “multi-v” as proof of its health claims. The suit asks that California consumers of Vitaminwater be awarded actual and punitive damages.
Sources:
Advertising Age January 15, 2009
