6 Glass bottled water
Fine dining restaurants across the world carry glass bottled water, and Marchand says: “Evian and Badoit are available in glass bottles as they complement the fine dining element in restaurants and customers can choose to replicate this in their own homes.”
He adds: “The UAE in particular boasts a dynamic hospitality industry, which is greatly appreciated by residents and tourists alike who have an interest in high quality ingredients and fine dining and they expect the packaging to replicate the high quality ingredients inside the bottle.”
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Dew South’s Dudley says: “We as spring water providers put our carbonated and still water into a glass bottle for higher end markets.” She explains that while the firm also sells its water in PET bottles, some manufacturers are unable to use these because of the treatment used to filter and sterilise their water.
“For example, if too much ozone gas is used it reacts with the PET in the plastic bottle leaving a bitter aftertaste in your mouth,” adds Dudley.
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