Food Theory: Is Expensive Water Actually WORTH It? (Taste Test)

Food theory idea: ask each member of food theory what food they would pick if they could only eat 1 food for the rest of their lives and then calculate who would live longest

It's actually insane that there are places where you can just drink water without ever having to worry about it being contaminated with problematic bacteria. Like that's actually quite cool.

Important to note that in France a pack of 6×1.5L bottles of Evian is between 3-4 euros, so a lot of its expensive price come from shipping

The only thing surprising to me is that Evian is third cheapest on the list… I can say for a fact Evian has this smoothness to it that I can pretty clearly distinguish from regular tap.

The 2nd test was a stupidly good control test to make sure you're not just wine tasters.

Love how Steph is making more appearances

Seeing this video makes me quite happy because many people seem to think that water's all the same when it isn't. I learned this fact several years ago when I got a cat. She can only drink certain water's. If she drinks something like tap water, then she gets sick and throws up. Many other pet owners have probably discovered this the hard way as well.😅

I live in BC, Canada. My cousin worked at a big brand bottling company (I forget if it was Coke or Pepsi) and he told me that they just bottle water directly from our taps because its so clean. He knew this because the hosing came loose and he noticed it was just hooked up to a main tap. 😅

Only Matpat could get me to watch a 22 minute long video about water, and have me excited about it.

Ohhh my gosh tysm for all of the likes everyone!!!! I’ve never gotten this many before!!! ❤

I grew up drinking natural well water, and everyone says I'm crazy when I say that most bottled waters taste bad. Evian has always been my favorite, and one of the few I can stand to drink. So thank you for validating my preference and making me feel less crazy.

Beer brewing is another place where this comes up. Some home brewers will opt to 'build their own water' when they make their brew, and start by using a filtered water and then adding their own minerals, in order to work towards a specific flavor profile.

I do think I want to try airup, though it's because my girlfriend recommended it to me. but Matt demonstrating how the product physically functions helps a lot I think. I like these sorts of quick demonstrations of what things actually look and feel like because you really can't tell from most ads.

I really like when Stephanie taste tests with Matt. Their comedy plays off of each other.

I only ever drank Dasani for most of my life, and then, one day at Costco I decided to get a 32 pack of Fiji water. Changed my life man

12:05 the amount of nostalgia i have for deer park is unhealthy 😭 my family in rural pennsylvania all drink deer park because the well water isn’t always safe, so whenever i see that brand, i just immediately think of being out there with all the trees and animals and whatnot. i mean it also reminds me of my very recently-deceased grandfather but we don’t need to talk about that 💀💀

If you go to the Philliplines you can taste the differences in water bottles. So I def love that Food Theory went over this experiement. The love for water only grows as I grow older.

Fun fact: I actually tasted fresh spring water right out of its source while camping and hiking up to the summet of these mountains in 2010. And let me tell ya, good high quality water like that is tasteless. It was absolute perfection. And it was also extremely freezing cold. It was so pure way up there since it was at the very start of the river coming out from inside the mountain that we didn't even need the filter to drink straight from the river that time. Just took a cup and dipped it in really. Was painfully cold for our fingers tho! 😅 That's why I like Fiji. Tho I guess I should also try Evian now too then.

When Matpat was recounting how a classmate of his only drank Fiji water because it was "the purest" I laughed because I had a classmate who was exactly the same way. Minus the not letting his lips touch the bottle.

Ok but they should also do a comparison on the flavor based on if it’s stored in a glass bottle, a metal can, or a plastic bottle! The taste differences between those is HUGE and I wanna know why

This reminds me of when I tested tap water, reverse osmosis water, hose water, fridge water, and rain water, just to find out what the differences are. Long story short, rain water was the most pure (but “only because the RO filter puts minerals back in,” I’m told), and, maybe a bit shockingly and concerningly, fridge water was the least pure.

That’s right. The water out of my Whirlpool fridge is less clean than the water out of my garden hose