so what!!! no one cares...thats one bottle out of millions i have drank 100s of vitamin waters and nothing has EVER been in one of mine

I definitly choose VITAMIN WATER, is really delicios i always trying in the morning to start my day feeling good!

Vitamin water good and healthy!!!

Is completely right. I was having a hard time staying awake in some of my finals last spring so I got to try a vitamin water as I don't like to drink caffine too much... total life saver.

Jenny- have you heard back from them? I have a similar situation- just curious what they've said to you if they've contacted you.

Didn't that crawl in the Chekov's ear in Wrath of Khan?

Kirk shouts, "Vitamin Waterrrrrrrrr!!!!!"

and i don't drink vitamin water for the vitamins. i drink it when i want a sweet beverage and there's no real juice around. unlike, say, gatorade, vitamin water isn't sweetened with high fructose corn syrup. it's also not as sweet as a lot of sweet beverages, and i like that.

not as good as water. better than soda.

You should contact the FDA about it, hopefully they will check it out. [www.fda.gov]

I think if you put a call into your local college someone in the science department can at least point you in the right direction for a testing lab. That being said, if you plan to sue, it might be test to talk to a lawyer first. Taking it yourself to a lab might damage your case.

Bah, its just the material they use for the gasket on the underside of the lid.

Normally it's so thin that it appears translucent. But if its thick enough you get a color.

Soaking in sugary liquid for months and held in just the right light for a photo doesn't help its appearance.

Additionally, the location of the object upon purchase/consumption has little relationship to the position of formation - it is highly possible that the object formed as a surface layer, and was subsequently subsumed into the liquid by agitation upon handling and shipping.

Roll in giant money pile.

For those who think it is a slime mold, it wasn't floating on top of the beverage or stuck to the cap like that. I drank about the half the bottle and was chugging away, when all of a sudden that thing was stuck to my tongue. I stuck it on the lid because it was the closest surface. Does that change your analysis?

-Jenny from the Post

Which is why I drink Propel instead of Vitamin Water.

That looks like sushi ginger. Still doesn't belong in a drink, but not as gross as "human skin".

Good luck. They're owned by Coca-Cola now, one of the largest corporations in the world. And they don't have a department suited for this type of situation.

Grossest thing I've ever seen online. I'm glad I only drink beverages that could act as solvents.

i would really have that analyzed, perhaps there's a chemical lab that would be willing to help?

That being said, this post is seriously challenging my gag reflex. Gah!

Vitamin water = petri dish in fluid form, add bacteria and watch things grow.

You've got a good growth medium there, plenty of water and vitamins and minerals. It's not surprising in millions of bottles of this that one shows up that a bacteria snuck into and grew.

>>>TZEPISH

That is the coolest metaphor ever! I want a meat tree... and a pony.

OMG! I just opened a bottle before reading this... Nothing on my cap thank god, but still. Ughhhh

Oh, There it is. I've been looking for that piece. It fell off my face during the packaging process. I'm also missing a piece of my toe nail. That's what happen when you get old.

Listen to the scientists, people. Please.

I have two hypotheses as to what it might be:
1) Some unmixed portion of the ingredients (e.g. cornsyrup and flavoring powder, as SOhp101 mentioned) -- although I was unable to find the ingredients online to make a more specific guess, or
2) A by-product of the bottling / manufacturing process: e.g. glue, lubricant, or insulation of some sort.

oh for F*CKS sake. that is just nasty. will NEVER drink Vitamin Water now.

Soylent Green

OH NASTY!

I'd have it tested & if it turned out to be human flesh?...... KA-CHING!$!$!$!$!$!$!$!

It's been spoiled, essentially.

It is a different brand from the label in the pic but has a similar problem.

I drank half the bottle in the car and then got disgusted with my mouth full of what felt like soggy toilet paper. I spit it all out. There was crap in the bottle. When i got back to the car after work all the crap was gone - weird. It was warm in the car tho. I kept the bottle for a week and then the crap returned and is now taking on a color suspicously close the the stuff in the picture. There is a giant clump in there now.

What is this crap? I could send a photo to the poster if you give me an email, still have the bottle.

... did it move?

Is that the va-jay-jay flavor?!

I've seen stuff settle at the bottom of drinks before, but I've never seen a case where it could be removed in one piece! I wonder how old that is?

(note to self: stay away from that brand)

I would say pickled ginger...Got any vitamin sushi?

It looks kinda like lettuce or cabbage.

Couldn't resist.

Looks like a labia.

For real, looks like Mother of Vinegar.

Also, I wouldn't really consider Vitaman Water to be bottled water. It's flavored and sweetened, so it's more like a uncarbonated soft drink.

pickled ginger? (great, now i want to get me some yellowtail)

That's the vitamin.

I would find some scientist-type person to do tests on that thing and find out what the crap it is.

I can't stop scrolling up and looking at it. It's like driving by a car wreck....

If i ever saw that in a product I would NEVER buy it again no matter what they said it was. I have never drank Vitamin Water because...well I'd rather just have plain water and get my Vitamins the old fashion way via Food..after seeing this I will never sample it if given the chance. Nasty!

Maybe dried up vita-mix?

...
*resumes drinking because its so delicious*