VITAMINWATER enhanced water reached out to Facebook for their new flavor: Vitamin Water Connect. Facebook is constantly evolving, so it makes perfect sense that a user-created beverage would spring up from it.
The new flavor was created via a contest on the VITAMINWATER enhanced water Facebook page. Four finalists received $5,000 and one grand prize winner received the cash and immortality. VITAMINWATER enhanced water Connect is a black-cherry lime flavor with caffeine in it. Yum… Be on the lookout for this social media beverage in stores soon.
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VITAMINWATER Enhanced Water 'Connect' is Social Media Created (UPDATE)
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