Sidcup is mentioned in two famous plays and their film adaptations, Noël Coward's Relative Values and Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, and it was the location of the 2004 Dasani scandal.

On September 7, 2012, Coke announced it is launching a liquid flavor enhancer called Dasani Drops.

The Dasani brand includes flavored water, which use the sweetener sucralose ( sold under the Tate & Lyle brand name " Splenda ") as a sweetener.

Prior to the launch, an article in The Grocer trade magazine had mentioned that the source of the Dasani brand water was in fact treated tap water from Sidcup, a suburban development in London.

By early March 2004, the mainstream press had picked up the story and it became widely reported that Sidcup tap water, after being processed by reverse osmosis, had been remineralized, bottled and sold under the Dasani brand name in the UK.

Coca-Cola immediately recalled half a million bottles and pulled the " Dasani " brand from the UK market.

In line with the 2012 Summer Olympics and being the official drink sponsor, Coca-Cola decided not to reintroduce the Dasani brand to the UK market, and purchased the Morpeth, Northumberland-based Abbey Well bottler in 2008, branded under the Schweppes brand name ( which Coca-Cola holds the UK rights to ) to provide a locally-sourced water brand for the event.

In 2010, in a bid to counteract falling sales and bans on bottled water, The Coca-Cola Company announced they would be distributing Dasani water in new packaging made of 30 % plant based materials.

Early advertisements referred to Dasani as " bottled spunk " or featured the tagline " can't live without spunk ".

Its presence in Coca Cola's Dasani bottled water forced a recall of that product in the UK.

Its primary competition includes Dasani, Smartwater, Nestlé Pure Life, Poland Spring, Deer Park and private-label water brands.

Meal featured a Dasani water bottle, a salad, a pedometer instead of a toy, and an exercise booklet.

A image of Dasani water in its primary packaging

Regular Dasani water comes in the following sizes: 12 oz ; 20 oz ; 24 oz ' Sports Cap Bottle '; 1 L ; 1. 5 L ; 300 mL ; 12 oz fridge pack ; 500 mL 6, 12, 24, and 32-pack ; and the 24 oz 6-pack.

The first source of Dasani water in Canada was Calgary, Alberta.

Richard May, Chief Publicity Officer of Dasani, was said to be disappointed that the water had not been more successful.

* " Tap water wears a bow tie when it's put in a bottle and sold " News article about Dasani bottling plant operating during a drought

A bottle of Dasani water.

In 2004, Hylton was the face of Dasani water, but was dropped when the product was withdrawn from the UK market due to bad publicity.

Coca-Cola intended to launch Dasani in France and Germany, although this never went ahead after bad publicity in the United Kingdom.

Dasani was launched in all provinces of Canada except Quebec in 2000, a year after launching in the United States.

Dasani was launched in the UK on 10 February 2004.

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