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Dasani really seems like the black sheep of the Coca-Cola corporate family. Coke is one of the best-known trademarks on Earth, Sprite is the top-selling lemon-lime soda, and Dasani… gets a bad rap. It certainly didn’t make our list of the best bottled waters. Between the statistics and our personal experiences, we’ve established a pretty consistent opinion: basically no one loves Dasani. Whether you tolerate it or you hate it, chances are you’ll agree on one key factor: Dasani is salty. From the first sip, you can tell they salted the water. For many people (including myself), that underlying salt taste is a major turn-off.
Earlier this month, Coca-Cola announced what in hindsight seems like a pretty obvious fix to these near unanimous bad reviews: They took out the salt. Seriously, it was that easy! Coca-Cola said it themselves in their press release: “DASANI also is tweaking its formulation in response to consumer feedback, by removing sodium chloride (salt) for a clean, crisp taste loyal fans are sure to love.” They also changed the packaging. But that’s not why you’re here. You want to know what new Dasani tastes like. Read on to find out.
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Finding this new Dasani when I did was pure serendipity. My local Target had stocked a case of the new Dasani formula (signified by a slightly redesigned label and logo) two days before the press release came out announcing the formula change! As a mover and shaker in all things drinkable, I had been tipped off early by someone in the know that a rebrand-reformulation combo was coming—but I certainly wasn’t expecting to find it in the wild as soon as I did.
Pros: Take me to a hilltop and I’ll start singing, ”I’d like to buy the world a Dasani.” They fixed it, y’all. Coca-Cola really fixed my problem with Dasani: It actually tastes like water now! New Dasani tastes as good as any other standard (aka, not $4+) bottled water I’ve ever had. Is it better than Fiji Water? No! Should anyone expect it to be? No! It’s just water, but tasting like “just water” has eluded Dasani so long that this truly feels like an accomplishment.
Cons: Why did it take this long? I have been hearing the same complaint about Dasani being too salty for my entire life, and it took them this long to fix it by just…taking out the thing everyone said they didn’t like. A large group of people got paid a lot of money to figure out how to make this water taste good and the answer was obvious to anyone with a tongue.
Credit: Liv Averett / Coca-Cola
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Griffin Parker is a writer, "influencer", and generally very-busy person based in Columbus, Ohio. He's sacrificed countless hours in the pursuit of ranking Lindt Lindor truffles, HI-CHEW candies, and more. When he's not writing for Sporked or running @SodaSeekers, you can find Griffin espousing the virtues of Dayton-style pizza, Cincinnati-style chili, and Dolly Parton's Fabulously Double Fudge Brownie Mix.
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Where are these people who don’t love the way Dasani taste? This is insane. You don’t ask “non Dasani drinkers” how Dasani is supposed to taste. Coke listen. We absolutely love the old Dasani and just for future reference when you really want to know the answer to what we want; don’t pull our favorite products leave them on the shelf and test your theory with your new product just like you do your new flavors of soda but if you read our comments we love our Dasani “our salt” our unique taste 👅 NOW GIVE IT BACK!
Everything about the new Dasani is awful, from the terrible new taste to the new “look,” right down to the bottle that now collapses when you try to drink from it, just like all the rest. There is nothing about it that that makes unique anymore and worth paying the extra money they charge for it. I’m switching to The Dollar General brand that tastes like the old Dasani and is cheaper.
New Dasani should go the way of New Coke. I immediately knew I was not drinking the Dasani I was addicted to. Change it back Dasani!
I loved Dadani water because of its unique taste. It is awful now! I’m so sad about this change.
I agree. New Dasani tastes just like Nestle and store brand water.. Dasani and Smart water were the only bottle waters I could drink. Other waters are either gritty or make my throat itchy and instead of quenching my thirsty made me more thirsty. Now Dasani is like that. I’ll be giving the case I just bought to the animals and I will NOT be buying anymore.
I believe that the Dasani brand water has changed for the worst. It is heavier tasting, and tastes like faucet water . I no longer enjoys the taste. Recently It appears very cloudy when frozen, before, it was crisp and crystal clear. What is different about Dasani wayer?
New version is awful. Terrible chemical taste.
I have been drinking Dasani water for years. I absolutely love it. I don’t think I’ve tried the new version yet as I’m still working on drinking older cases that I’ve stocked up on. I hope the taste hasn’t changed too much.
That is why I ALWAYS bought Dasani water & drink only Dasani water (for years) is because it didn’t taste like all the others. It had it’s own special taste than just plain water. What a shame that it has been changed.
But you’re still paying for tap water…
The chart you linked literally had Dasani as the most sold water brand. The 12 isn’t 12th palace, but 12%, which is number one by a wide margin.
Shhh. Don’t expect bloggers to understand things. Just let him be a mover and shaker of all things drinkable.
I’ll not ever buy Dasani again. It’s all we ever bought since it came out n now we’re looking for a replacement I wished I would’ve bought a bunch so I didn’t run out so soon I sure wished they change it back but god knows they won’t because a few make the changes while the many make changes to the water we buy