Talk:Glacéau

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[edit] Sugar and calories

The article overstates the amount of sugar and number of calories in the drinks (according to the source that's given) and doesn't cite any "nutrition experts" who argue that vitaminwater isn't healthy. From a brief look through Google, the consensus seems to be that it's not a great source of vitamins (i.e. doesn't offer many health benefits), not that it's unhealthy.

I have changed the numbers to reflect the variation in content with flavors, and added another source. Thanks for adding the comparison with soft drinks, this is really the crux of the issue: vitaminwater may promote obesity if one drinks it instead of water, but it may be helpful if it replaces regular soft drinks in one's diet. Prithason 22:36, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lowercase

I never got a clear answer on this. If a proper noun is supposed to be written with a lowercase first letter, is it capitalized when that word is the first word in a sentence? As it stands now, the article is inconsistent. Sometimes, such as the opening sentence, Glacéau has a lowercase 'g.' But towards the end of the page, it has a capital 'g.' Is there a grammar ruling on this? Acetic'Acid 18:59, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Shouldent it be GLACÉAU instead of glacéau that would also get rid of the technical restrictions. The bottles and websight say GLACÉAU in Capts or atleast Lower case caps. Should we Move the artilce to fix this?--E-Bod 06:59, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
True, but on the website, it is written in lowercase. (Actually, everything on the website is written in lowercase.) Acetic Acid 03:35, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
When i see the websight [[1]] The First Page is GLACÉAU while contact us is glacéau. If you had to chose between 2 corect ways of capts/lowercase and one coulden't display properly wouldn't you chose the other (GLACÉAU) to avoid the problem I am proposing a page move to GLACÉAU. Chanses are if sombody were to go to the online sight first they'ed know what they wanted to know and if they came frome the Bottle they would think GLACÉAU.

Initial research indicates that the name of the company is "Energy Brands" and glaceau is a brand name. I would suggest that the page be renamed to "Energy Brands" with redirect from glaceau since the company is clearly notable and deserving of an entry, whereas the bar is set higher for brand names having a separate entry. Prithason 06:25, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Does Energy Brands sell anything other than GLACÉAU stuff. Becose The most comon name should be the title. (also why did you remove the section on minimal advertizing and remove the name bug from the top)--E-Bod 16:59, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Also there are 4 sight names [2][3][4][5]--E-Bod 17:02, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for premature removal of the name bug. I have restored it. But while marketed as "glaceau", the brand line is commonly referred to as "Glaceau" in business news reports. Futhermore, inital press reports state that Energy Brands Inc. refers to "Glaceau" in its recent April 5 court filings. I couldn't find any independent evidence for minimal advertising -- certainly they can now afford expensive front-of-store dedicated displays at my local CVS. Maybe there is verifiable evidence for minimal TV advertising? Finally, Energy Brands does have other lines which include the "America's Best Brew" line of ready-to-drink coffee beverages. Prithason 18:20, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Now that you explaied why youremoved the name but i don't mind if your remove it or not. Thanks for your edits--E-Bod 18:39, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
  • No, the title is perfect as it is now. Glacéau is fine. There is no need to change anything. Yshoulduknow 07:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Larger bottles

Recently glaceau has added larger bottles to their vitamin water line.. I'm not the best writer and didn't exactly know how to word it, so if anyone would like to improve what I put, please do. Thanks. ^_^ --Oh yeah, I forgot 03:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

can someone double-check on when the 32oz sizes were first released as I'm sure I saw them well prior to mid-2006 --just.enough.luck 3:40, 10 Sept. 2006

Oh wow, my bad. I had forgotten to look it up and make sure ... Well we know for a fact there's larger bottles, if we get rid of the info on when they appeared, would that improve the article any? I'm not sure where to look and make sure when they first appeared.. --Oh yeah, I forgot 20:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Advertsing

vitamin water has some new adds with ray allen and other people doing sports, someone should put that on there

-Blackkat30 4:10 pm Oct. 18, 2006

[edit] Flavors

[edit] Flavors

All of the flavors in the vitaminwater drink contain vitamins which help the body in various ways. Below is a list of all flavors and their contents.

[edit] Power-C (Dragonfruit)

The Power-C drink contains Vitamin C and taurine. Taurine helps the muscles to recover and grow, and the Vitamin C helps protect cells from damage and keeps the body strong.

[edit] Energy (Tropical Citrus)

Energy contains ginseng and Vitamin C. Clinical research has shown ginseng to restore energy quickly, and Vitamin C helps protect cells from damage.

[edit] Revive (Fruit Punch)

B Vitamins and potassium are found inside this drink.

[edit] Multi-V (Lemonade)

The calcium in this drink is important in maintaining strong bones and teeth. Vitamins C and E help protect cells from damage and keep the body strong.

[edit] Focus (Kiwi-Strawberry)

Vitamin A helps to maintain a good eyesight, while ginkgo biloba helps to maintain concentration and focus.

[edit] Essential (Orange-Orange)

With 1/3 of the sugar, Essentials is a good replacement to orange juice in the morning. It contains many of the essential vitamins from A to zinc.

[edit] Formula 50 (Grape)

Formula 50 provides half of the many vitamins you need every day (folic acid, B vitamins, and vitamins C and E.

[edit] Defense (Raspberry-Apple)

The zinc helps to maintain a healthy immune function, and skin health. Vitamin C protects cells from damage.

[edit] Rescue (Green Tea)

Chamomile is a traditional remedy used to calm the body and soothe the mind. B Vitamins are essential for keeping the body's systems running smoothly.

[edit] Endurance (Peach-Mango)

Ribose rapidly replaces depleted energy, while Vitamin E helps keep the body strong.

[edit] Vital-T (Lemon Tea)

Vitamins C and E help keep the body strong.

[edit] Balance (Cran-Grapefruit)

Glucosamine helps flexibility.


This all seemed like an advertisement to me. Anyone care to edit it? Prithason 07:36, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I was just about to add all the flavors but then decided to check the talk page first. We can get rid of sentenses containingn wesal words--E-Bod 06:29, 26 March 2006 (UTC)


In energy the beverage ingredient is Guarana, not Ginseng

[edit] Glacéau Sidebar

I think this page would be better is someone were to add a little sidebar to the page with the company logo, the stocks and revenue, the products and all that other stuff. I don't have enough "WikiSkill" to do it. Yshoulduknow 07:50, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Done --BJ 02:25, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Racism???!!!

I noticed that someone has removed the section on Glaceau's racist voicemail incident. Who did that? I betcha' it's one of Glaceau's lackeys. They did that to Eric Stoller's blog, and now they wanna corrupt the quality of the wikipedia?! Are we, the netizens of the cyberspace, gonna tolerate this? Hell no!! I've put the section back, and from now on I will monitor this page to make sure that if someone wants to remove it, they have to go through this formal discussion process on THIS PAGE first!

There is one certain racist called MrGear who removed the section on Glaceau's racist voicemail again without first going through discussion on this page. Shame on these lackeys. I will keep the section UNTIL someone objects to its inclusion ON THIS PAGE.

I agree that this is potentially interesting, and that it should not be removed without discussion. However, as currently written it does not meet wikipedia standards for neutrality and verifiability, as described in WP:A. Are there only self-published reports of the incident? Is there a non-anonymous primary source? Prithason 04:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
To the best of my knowledge, this went around via a few higher education listservs. I posted it on my blog, but at that time Glaceau had changed their voicemail to the current non-racist version. I do not know of any news outlets that covered the story. ericstoller
  • In February of 2007, it came to light that Glacéau's voice mail system was "narrated by some dude with a horribly fake Asian accent, doing kung fu schtick." [6] While Glacéau changed the recording shortly after the story broke, the original Blog that broke the story received a post that said, in part, "i really didn’t think it was offensive… people are doing and saying more important things in the world that i can bitch about." The IP address of the poster was later tracked to Glacèau's parent company, Energy Brands. As a result, the main story became not the questionable humor of the original voice mail system recording, but the clumsy and blatant cover up attempt.
I moved the section here in case this can be sourced to wikipedia standards. Prithason 22:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
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