S. and Canada. The main ingredients in Dasani without the enhancements are water, magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, salt.
What is purified water?.
What every marketer needs to know before marketing bottled water is what the terminology used to market the product means. Water that has been produced by distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis or other suitable processes and that meets the definition of purified water in the United States Pharmacopoeia may be labeled as purified bottled water. Other suitable product names for bottled water treated by one of the above processes may include "distilled water" if it is produced by distillation, "deionized water" if the water is produced by deionization, or "reverse osmosis water" if the process used is reverse osmosis. Alternatively "**** drinking water" can be used with the *'s being filled in with one of the terms defined in this paragraph (e.g. "purified drinking water- or "distilled drinking water-).
Reverse osmosis.
Since Reverse Osmosis is the primary technology used to purify water for Dasani, it is necessary to understand what it means. Reverse Osmosis is a process of forcing tap water through a semi-permeable membrane, leaving dissolved solids, chemicals, low levels of bacteria and many other impurities behind. These impurities are rinsed away, resulting in clean, clear, great tasting water. .
Reverse osmosis purification improves both the taste and quality of the water. It reduces up to 99% of the chlorine, as well as objectionable odors and sediment. Reverse osmosis water filtration also reduces the following hard water contaminants that may be present in water: lead, copper, barium, chromium, mercury, sodium, cadmium, fluoride, nitrite, nitrate, selenium, aluminum, arsenic, sulfate, calcium, phosphate, iron, magnesium, zinc, chloride, silicate, cyanide, sulfate, bacteria, potassium, nickel, silver, bicarbonate, manganese, and ammonium.