2006-06-13 01:21:12 · 11 answers · asked by wally 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Some states require all food and beverages, including bottled water, to state an expiration date on the label.
Secondly, over time, water picks up flavors from its packaging. These flavors, combined with warm storage temperatures, contribute to the "generation of musty tastes."
According to the International Bottled Water Association, the FDA has not established a shelf life for water, so you can store those bottles indefinitely. As long as the packaging is intact and unopened, you shouldn't need to worry about any type of bacteria or microorganisms growing in the water. If the bottle has been opened, however, it can grow bacteria and algae if it is not consumed within 2 weeks.
So while it doesn't appear that unopened bottles of water actually go "bad" in the sense that they would make you sick, they might not taste the greatest after several years of sitting on the shelf collecting dust.
2006-06-13 01:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sarah 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Water can go stagnant, especially if left in direct sunlight, also I have a feeling that bacteria could grow in it, though I am no scientist! If you have a pond with no filter, algae grows very quickly.
Spring water is naturally filtered and aerated just by the movement of the water.
I am sure somebody will tell me that there's more to it than that!
2006-06-13 01:26:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water isn't recycled throughout the spring, it flows via it. The water in the bottle maintains to be there. The spring water is consistently freshened. The bottled water is on no account freshened.
2016-12-08 20:06:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
spring water when not in bottles is free running so stays fresh,
bottled water is fresh when but in bottles, but when left on a shelf is contaminated by the carton its in,light, stagnation of not being oxygenated, then some one opens it takes a drink hay pressto germs.
2006-06-13 01:28:42 · answer #4 · answered by lady_di_ar125 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its because of the plastic the bottle is in. chemicals leave the plastic and go into the water due to sunrays and other factors. now dont ask me about glass bottles :P
2006-06-13 01:27:59 · answer #5 · answered by louster35 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that, even though they say they don't, they process the water somehow or other and mess around with the freshness and longevity of it i would say but i'm just guessing.
2006-06-13 01:27:53 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is a perishable product.
2006-06-16 09:14:49 · answer #7 · answered by Colossus 9000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
unmoving water becomes stagnant
2006-06-13 01:24:46 · answer #8 · answered by dude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you'll drink it up real quick and buy some more.
2006-06-17 03:59:40 · answer #9 · answered by fivestarmama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the answer to that, but its a good question...lol
2006-06-13 01:24:53 · answer #10 · answered by pinkruth1976 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋