# How dare you salt my Dasani... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 16, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-you-salt-my-dasani/119245 "2002-07-16T15:40:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-you-salt-my-dasani/119245/1 "2002-07-16T15:40:26Z")
…Mr. Coca Cola Company!! A friend of mine recently pointed out to me that Dasani water has salt listed in the ingrediants (along with magnesium sulfate and potassium chloride) which, as footnoted, adds a negligible amount of sodium. As my friend claims, it would seem that this might be an attempt to keep Dasani drinkers thirsty in order to sell more water. Yet isn’t also true that we actually need salt to help our bodies absorb the water? I’ve always been told on extremely hot days to eat salty snacks to prevent dehydration. Could the salt be there for this purpose? Why is there salt in my Dasani? ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-you-salt-my-dasani/119245/2 "2002-07-16T15:45:42Z")
Unlike natural spring waters, Dasani is pure de-ionized water from Coca-Cola’s soft drink plant in Atlanta. It needs added salts so that it will taste natural, and not distilled. > **[Home](https://www.dasani.com/faq)** > > Invigorate every day with the purified taste of the world's most delicious water. Splash Into Life with the refreshing, crisp taste of DASANI®. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-you-salt-my-dasani/119245/3 "2002-07-16T17:36:54Z")
It pays to read labels, doesn’t it! The salt has been there in the ingredients since the beginning. And you noticed that the amount of sodium is low enough that the government allows them to call it “negligible”. Most other drinks have an actual number there, i.e., more than a dietarily negligible amount of salt. So I really doubt that it’s enough to increase thirst! ---
**Author:** ![femtosecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-you-salt-my-dasani/119245/4 "2002-07-16T17:57:11Z")
[Why is there salt in Dasani bottled water?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77014) ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-you-salt-my-dasani/119245/5 "2002-07-16T20:19:21Z")
FYI, I’m pretty sure Aquafina (the water bottled by Pepsi) doesn’t contain sodium… …at least it didn’t the last time I looked at the label… ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-you-salt-my-dasani/119245/6 "2002-07-16T20:48:30Z")
That’s why Dasani tastes better than Aquafina.