Whole Foods Explains ‘Asparagus Water’ Controversy

By Published on August 4, 2015

Attention, body-conscious Angelenos: A new health drink has recently stormed the market. But if you’re looking for Whole Foods’ “asparagus water,” you’re already out of luck: The grocery chain has yanked the controversial product.

The Brentwood store has been lining its shelves in recent days with the stuff – bottles of water, each containing three raw asparagus stems – priced at $5.99 a pop. The strange offering was spotted and snapped by Los Angeles magazine associate editor Marielle Wakim and shared on Instagram.

Eater then contacted the store to ask about the product, producing “some bewilderment,” the food site writes. “The operator at first denied the product existed. Eventually she transferred the call to a gentleman in the produce department … He explained that the product was new. ‘We’ve had them on the shelf for the last few days.’ ”

Contacted by The Hollywood Reporter, a representative for Whole Foods’ Los Angeles region explains: “There’s been some miscommunication around this product. It was meant to be water with the essence of vegetables and/or mushrooms to be used as broth (similar to a bone broth), which are typically made over a long period of time soaking in water.”

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Read the article “Whole Foods Explains ‘Asparagus Water’ Controversy” on hollywoodreporter.com.

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