Products And Packaging Myths & Rumors

 Our Response:  DASANI contains 0.50 milligrams of sodium per 8-ounce serving. Under the Food and Drug Administration's rules governing the Nutrition Facts panel on a product label, if a serving of a food (240mL in the case of DASANI) contains less than 5mg of sodium, then that quantity is considered nutritionally insignificant and must be listed in the Nutrition Facts panel as "0mg."

You may be interested to know that your local tap water also contains sodium. The amount of sodium in the local water supply varies greatly across the country. The amount of sodium in your local water supply may be available by calling your water company. The average amount of sodium in US tap water can be found in the Nutrient Database maintained by the US Department of Agriculture.

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