Drinking enough water is important for good health, but what should the average consumer make of the dizzying array of flavored, sparkling and ‘vitamin’ bottled waters on the market today?

You can get it with fruit flavors, vitamins or tingly carbonation. You can choose from 3,000 brands around the world, all proclaiming their products are natural and healthy. You can get it anywhere — at the market, the gas station, the gym. A lot of people say it’s not much different than what comes out of your faucet, but it sells because it’s handy, cold, portable and kind of chic.

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