What exactly is the difference between a soft drink and a "water beverage"?

Ummm... marketing strategy? Target demographics?

Water vs. Other Beverages

There is a difference between drinking pure water & beverages that contain water. Fruit juice, soft drinks, coffee, etc., may contain substances that are not healthy, & actually contradict some of the positive effects of the added water. Caffeine beverages stimulate the adrenal glands and act as diuretics, robbing your body of necessary water. Soft drinks contain phosphorus which can lead to depletion of bone calcium. Soda contains sodium. Fruit juices contain a lot of sugar & stimulate the pancreas. These drinks may tax the body more than they cleanse it. A 12 ounce can of regular soda contains the equivalent of 9 teaspoons of sugar and loads of empty calories. Other Beverages also contain dehydrating agents.

They may actually reduce the water reserves in the body! Drinking other beverages to the exclusion of water also causes you to lose your taste for water. This is particularly true with children as they become dependent on Sodas & juices.

From what I understand, Water drinks/beverages are supposed to be a healthy type of drink. A soft drink is a soda. I do see what you mean though, they all have some type of water in them. But i believe it is because the water beverages has more water and good stuff in it as opposed to soda which have no nutritional value.

A soft drink is normally a Carbonated beverage (Coke, sprite, pepsi, etc)

While a water beverage is ANY beverage that contains / is comprised mostly of water (kool-aid).

Therefore, a soft drink CAN fall into the category of a "water beverage".

EDIT: lmfao noo.. its called "JUICE". Whoever calls it a soft drink doesnt know what it means. xD

The term soft drink refers to drinks, often carbonated, that do not contain alcohol. The name "soft drink" specifies a lack of alcohol by way of contrast to the term "hard drink" and the term "drink", the latter of which is nominally neutral but often carries connotations of alcoholic content. Beverages like colas, sparkling water, iced tea, lemonade, squash, and fruit punch are among the most common types of soft drinks, while hot chocolate, hot tea, coffee, milk, tap water, alcohol, and milkshakes do not fall into this classification.

Not all beverages are water beverages

1. 100% fruit juices or drinks made from concentrates cannot be considered so.

Probably water beverage is something that has 100% water for the liquid part and is enriched with vitamins and minerals....

Hard water has Calcium hardness and magnesium hardness. The two together are total hardness. Chlorine, rust, chloromines, iron and etc are not part of hardness. Rust is oxidized iron. Ion exchange is used to soften water. In a home a softner contains resin beads that attract the total hardness ions. When the resin can hold no more, a saltwater brine cycle kicks in to regenerate the resin. Hard water is generally noticaable with a buildup on faucets, sinks, glassware, windows, and cars. The test for hardness is simple .It is called a titration test and is EPA approved. Thats still not to say tht if your head hurts when you take a shower...a hardhat may help. Rock on

The carbonation in all soft drinks causes calcium loss in the bones through a three-stage process:

The carbonation irritates the stomach.

The stomach "cures" the irritation the only way it knows how. It adds the only antacid at its disposal: calcium. It gets this from the blood.

The blood, now low on calcium, replenishes its supply from the bones. If it did not do this, muscular and brain function would be severely impaired.

Soft drinks are carbonation and sugar, and basicly syrup while water beverage has a lot of water, and is based on water!

Water beverages have water in them.

Soft drinks have carbonated water in them. And usually alot of chemicals too.

water beverages is basiclly water with flavor in it and maybe some vitamins and soft drinks are pop like pepsi and coke and sprite and also usually carbonated