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"The majority of all water consumed in the country is sparkling, [SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum] says"

Does anyone know what he's actually talking about? Is he counting all carbonated beverages vs. tap or something?

I find that statement odd as well. The only thing I can think of is he's looking at consumption of purchased products, and I'm assuming that bottled or fountain soda outsells bottled water. If it was actually "all water consumed", tap water would win out pretty handily I'd think.

Either way it's an incredibly misleading sentence, or at least a sentence stated way out of context.

No. It's literally what he meant. Germans drink a LOT of sparkling water.

> If it was actually "all water consumed", tap water would win out pretty handily I'd think.

There's no way tap water beats just coca-cola, let alone coke + all other carbonated drinks.

If a German buys bottled water, in the most cases it will be sparkling water. At least that's my experience, and the stock at the shop I frequent is >80% sparkling.

I suppose most of those who don't drink sparkling water get it from the tap; at least this holds for the people I know. Remember, water quality is quite good here, only a few areas have a bad taste to their tap water (still drinking water quality though).

Edit: I don't think he counts other beverages, just sales of sparkling vs. non-sparkling water.

I think he is referring to Germany.

I assume it's based off of Pepsi's sales figures (and therefore only pertains to their beverage selection).

Consume as in "eat/drink". Not consume as in "use".

The word drink/drank/drunk would be better if the conjugations weren't so aweful. Dranken, drinked are not words. The correct word is "drunk", but it hits the ear badly:

"The majority of all water drunk in the country is sparkling"

I have no idea about the factual accuracy.

I didn't say I didn't understand what he meant, I was saying I don't believe the statement he made. I agree with "I have no idea about the factual accuracy" and is the only thing I was asking about.

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