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Baby-safe waters (infant formula)

109 still waters inside the German infant-formula limits. Sodium under 20, nitrate under 10, sulfate under 240 mg/L.

Germany has the strictest public rule for this. A bottle sold there may only print "suitable for the preparation of infant food" if the water stays under 20 mg/L sodium, 10 mg/L nitrate and 240 mg/L sulfate, with extra caps on traces like fluoride, manganese, arsenic and uranium. The rule exists because a newborn kidney concentrates only a fraction of what an adult one manages. Salt is real work for it, and in the first months nitrate can crowd oxygen out of the blood. Both matter at levels you would never notice in your own glass.

Every water below is still and stays inside all three limits in its own published analysis, ranked by sodium, lowest first. We can only vouch for what gets published, though. The trace panel rarely makes it onto a label, so a printed infant-suitability line on the bottle is a stronger claim than a spot on this list. It cuts the other way too. A fair number of low-sodium waters never publish a nitrate figure, and rather than guess we leave them off.

Whatever bottle you pick, the preparation advice still stands. Neither bottled water nor formula powder is sterile, so the NHS and the CDC both want formula water boiled and cooled before mixing. Past choosing a gentle water, ask your pediatrician, not a water site.

#	Water	Na · NO₃	TDS
1	Acqua Dolomia Italy	0.2 · 2 mg/L	121
2	San Bernardo Italy	0.58 · 1.4 mg/L	34.9
3	Luchon France	0.8 · 1.8 mg/L	83
4	Chiarella Italy	0.9 · 4.6 mg/L	235
5	Pineo Spain	0.9 · 1.1 mg/L	223
6	Recoaro Italy	0.99 · 4 mg/L	153.7
7	Ouro Fino Brazil	0.997 · 2.75 mg/L	133
8	Source Tangui Cameroon	1 · 0 mg/L	284
9	Thunderbird Spirit Water Canada	1 · 0.075 mg/L	44
10	Indaiá Brazil	1.11 · 0.24 mg/L	65.28
11	Minalba Brazil	1.21 · 0.77 mg/L	110
12	Åre Sweden	1.3 · 1.3 mg/L	110
13	Whistler Water Canada	1.3 · 0 mg/L	36
14	Allegra Switzerland	1.5 · 2.6 mg/L	544
15	Theoni Greece	1.5 · 1.5 mg/L	150
16	Sorgenti Monte Bianco Italy	1.6 · 1 mg/L	123.1
17	Agua de Cuevas Spain	1.7 · 1.6 mg/L	208
18	Vilas del Turbón Spain	1.8 · 1 mg/L	197
19	Surgiva Italy	1.8 · 5.5 mg/L	33
20	Valvert Belgium	1.9 · 3.5 mg/L	201
21	Jana Croatia	2 · 0.2 mg/L	480
22	Sorgente Alba Italy	2 · 3 mg/L	30
23	Levissima Italy	2 · 1.3 mg/L	82
24	Vitale Cameroon	2 · 0 mg/L	99
25	Bucovina Romania	2 · 4.29 mg/L	72
26	Saratoga USA	2.1 · 1.5 mg/L	37
27	Acqua Vera Italy	2.1 · 4 mg/L	162
28	Montcalm France	2.2 · 0.7 mg/L	32
29	Norda Italy	2.2 · 4.1 mg/L	62
30	Akvilė Lithuania	2.3 · 0 mg/L	150
31	Zagori Greece	2.51 · 5.4 mg/L	239.6
32	Rosa Serbia	2.7 · 1.46 mg/L	52
33	Lurisia Italy	2.7 · 3.1 mg/L	38
34	Liquid Death USA	2.8 · 0.71 mg/L	120
35	RhönSprudel Naturell Germany	2.9 · 0.3 mg/L	211
36	Prata Brazil	2.9 · 1.69 mg/L	60.3
37	Rajec Slovakia	2.9 · 5.4 mg/L	316
38	Spa Reine Belgium	3 · 1.5 mg/L	33
39	Wattwiller France	3 · 0 mg/L	155
40	Aïn Ifrane Morocco	3 · 5.18 mg/L	397
41	Nocera Umbra Sorgente Angelica Italy	3 · 9.4 mg/L	280
42	Elmer Mineral Switzerland	3 · 1 mg/L	474
43	Maniva Italy	3.1 · 4 mg/L	99
44	Vikos Greece	3.11 · 8.52 mg/L	300
45	Adldorfer Naturell Germany	3.7 · 0.5 mg/L	550
46	Rocchetta Naturale Italy	4.24 · 1.47 mg/L	175.9
47	Jirisansoo South Korea	4.5 · 0.67 mg/L	84
48	Adelholzener St. Primus Naturell Germany	4.6 · 2.7 mg/L	359
49	Boario Italy	4.9 · 5.6 mg/L	566
50	Poland Spring USA	5 · 4.1 mg/L	50
51	Brecon Carreg United Kingdom	5 · 3.5 mg/L	210
52	Deer Park USA	5 · 4 mg/L	125
53	Korpi Greece	5 · 8.48 mg/L	309
54	Proud Source USA	5.2 · 1.73 mg/L	220
55	Geraci Italy	5.4 · 1 mg/L	63
56	Thonon France	5.5 · 8 mg/L	267
57	Lalla Khedidja Algeria	5.5 · 0.42 mg/L	187
58	Highland Spring United Kingdom	5.6 · 3.1 mg/L	160
59	Zephyrhills USA	5.6 · 6.86 mg/L	205
60	Saka Turkey	5.6 · 2.4 mg/L	179
61	Ice Mountain USA	5.8 · 5.5 mg/L	260
62	Cerelia Italy	5.9 · 2 mg/L	378
63	Oslo Tap Norway	6 · 0.1 mg/L	55
64	Magnesia Czech Republic	6 · 0.5 mg/L	788
65	San Benedetto Italy	6 · 9 mg/L	265
66	Naya Canada	6.2 · 0 mg/L	250
67	Summit Spring USA	6.2 · 0.71 mg/L	59
68	Evian France	6.5 · 3.8 mg/L	357
69	Acqua Panna Italy	6.6 · 2.4 mg/L	188
70	Blue Republic South Africa	6.7 · 0.5 mg/L	116
71	Aqua Pura United Kingdom	7 · 5.5 mg/L	220
72	Aigua de Sant Aniol Spain	7 · 2 mg/L	304
73	Zaros Greece	7 · 3.9 mg/L	150
74	Luso Portugal	7.2 · 1.6 mg/L	49
75	Rheinsberger Preussen Quelle Still Germany	7.2 · 0.5 mg/L	367
76	Fiuggi Italy	7.3 · 3.1 mg/L	142
77	St. Leonhards Quelle Germany	7.5 · 1 mg/L	368
78	Aïn Saïss Morocco	8 · 7 mg/L	350
79	Chiltern Hills United Kingdom	8 · 5 mg/L	289
80	Ozarka USA	8.3 · 5.1 mg/L	86.5
81	Arrowhead USA	8.5 · 1.75 mg/L	145
82	Arkina Switzerland	8.9 · 0.8 mg/L	520
83	Kirene Senegal	8.9 · 3.4 mg/L	163
84	Cisowianka Poland	9 · 2.6 mg/L	555
85	Avra Greece	9 · 3.5 mg/L	194
86	Neblina H2O Colombia	9 · 0.01 mg/L	154
87	Absopure USA	9 · 0.27 mg/L	320
88	Bad Reichenhaller Mineralwasser Still Germany	9.9 · 3.6 mg/L	377
89	Sourcy Netherlands	10 · 0.9 mg/L	260
90	Aqua d'Or Denmark	10 · 1 mg/L	150
91	Masafi United Arab Emirates	10 · 0.4 mg/L	150
92	Bar-le-Duc Netherlands	10.7 · 1 mg/L	230
93	Icelandic Glacial Iceland	11 · 0.1 mg/L	72
94	Antipodes New Zealand	11 · 1.5 mg/L	130
95	Volvic France	11.6 · 7.3 mg/L	109
96	Wekiva Springs USA	11.76 · 3.63 mg/L	198
97	Nałęczowianka Poland	12 · 1.5 mg/L	650
98	Iceland Spring Iceland	12 · 1 mg/L	48
99	Palomar Mountain Spring Water USA	13 · 1.37 mg/L	130
100	Bambito Panama	14 · 0.3 mg/L	170
101	Saskia Germany	14.9 · 0.5 mg/L	168
102	Ogeu France	16 · 2.9 mg/L	250
103	Ballygowan Ireland	16 · 9 mg/L	582
104	Gasteiner Austria	16.3 · 5.8 mg/L	206
105	Vilsa Germany	16.4 · 0.7 mg/L	179
106	Crystal Geyser USA	16.5 · 1.6 mg/L	130
107	Loutraki Greece	17.6 · 3.1 mg/L	536.36
108	Fiji Fiji	18 · 1.1 mg/L	230
109	Vital Chile	19.46 · 2.5 mg/L	133

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