On a flight from LA to Chicago last night, I asked for water, and was given a can of Deja Blue, a brand of purified drinking water by Seven-Up, which presumably competes with Coke’s Dasani and Pepsi’s Aquafina. It seemed perfectly fine, though I’d never seen canned drinking water before other than some that Budweiser provided to earthquake victims (as they’re now doing for hurricane Katrina victims).
The odd part was the nutritional information. As was to be expected, it had no calories, no fat, no carbohydrates, etc. Everything was zero. For an eight ounce serving, of which the can contained TWO. Does the FDA really think that someone will open a can, drink eight ounces, and save the rest for later?
There is another canned drinking water on the market which I found unique. It is manufacturered by a company called World Grocer. They produce a Canned Emergency Drinking Water with a 30 year shelf life. I suspect it is more for disaster preparedness purposes then serving on an airplane, but it does come in a can…a very strong metal can with 24 oz of water. My friend is a Disaster Preparedness Coordinator for a City which had purchased the water. He had a couple sample cans which we tasted and the water tasted fresh.