This section is from the book "Beverages And Their Adulteration Origin, Composition, Manufacture, Natural, Artificial, Fermented, Distilled, Alkaloidal And Fruit Juices", by Harvey W. Wiley. Also available from Amazon: Beverages And Their Adulteration.
What has been said regarding the adulteration and misbranding of natural waters is more emphatically to be repeated with reference to artificial waters. It is a very common practice in the manufacture of artificial waters to attach a name which implies that it is a natural product. Even the use of the word "Imitation" or "Artificial" is not a sufficient justification of the use of a name implying a natural origin. An artificial water may be made which resembles in almost every chemical characteristic the natural water, yet it is not one. An artificial water of this kind is best sold under some name of its own, although it is of a potable, pure, and wholesome character, as it often is and always should be. The manufacture and sale of artificial waters of this kind is an industry which deserves encouragement. It is possible to produce artificial waters in which every possibility of contamination or pollution is eliminated. Such waters are sterile. They are made of the purest materials and are commended in a general way as a beverage. This is no excuse for placing upon them any word or phrase or design or device which suggests to the consumer an origin other than that of the laboratory and the factory.
 
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