--- --- # Whole Foods Put 3 Sticks of Asparagus in a Jar of Water and Sold it for $6 ## Video: Should I Drink Green Juice? [Watch (HLS stream): Should I Drink Green Juice?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J0d2ag3D.m3u8) (1:36)  _Published 2015-04-23. Green juice can cost you $10 a bottle. But is it a trend worth buying into? All five of our experts gave green juice the go-ahead_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 5, 2015 12:27 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 5, 2015 12:27 PM UTC Whole Foods has removed $6 asparagus water from the shelves of one store in Los Angeles saying that it had been offered mistakenly, a spokesperson for the grocer told [CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/whole-foods-removes-6-asparagus-water-from-store-shelves/). The product, which consisted of three asparagus stalks sitting in a bottle of water, was discovered by a Los Angeles resident who posted a [photo on Instagram](https://instagram.com/p/57PD0DBEP6/) ridiculing the concept. The photo led to widespread criticism that the upscale grocer was ripping off customers with an over-priced and frivolous product. When questioned by CBS News, Whole Foods said the offering was a mistake and had only been “carried briefly” at one location. “We actually don’t sell asparagus water in our stores,” Whole Foods Market spokesperson Liz Burkhart told CBS. “We looked into the item as soon as it was brought to our attention.” \[[_CBS_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/whole-foods-removes-6-asparagus-water-from-store-shelves/)\] Whole Foods Los Angeles: Store Offers Expensive Asparagus Water ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3985325/whole-foods-asparagus-water/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3985325/whole-foods-asparagus-water/"},"headline":"Whole Foods Put 3 Sticks of Asparagus in a Jar of Water and Sold it for $6","datePublished":"2015-08-05T12:27:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:16.738Z","description":"The store said it was a mistake","url":"https://time.com/3985325/whole-foods-asparagus-water/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3985325/whole-foods-asparagus-water/","name":"Whole Foods Put 3 Sticks of Asparagus in a Jar of Water and Sold it for $6"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Drink Green Juice?","description":"Green juice can cost you $10 a bottle. But is it a trend worth buying into? All five of our experts gave green juice the go-ahead","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/J0d2ag3D/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-23T13:21:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J0d2ag3D.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3985325/whole-foods-asparagus-water/","duration":"PT1M36S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3985325/whole-foods-asparagus-water/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```