Head to head
Font Vella vs Solán de Cabras
Published analyses side by side, then an honest verdict.
| Font Vella | Solán de Cabras | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Still | Still |
| TDS (mg/L) | 190 | 278 |
| Calcium | 42 | 60 |
| Magnesium | 11.3 | 26.7 |
| Sodium | 12.5 | 4.8 |
| Bicarbonate | 143 | 284 |
| Sulfate | 15.8 | 21.8 |
| Chloride | 13 | 8.3 |
| Silica | not published | 7.5 |
| Nitrate | not published | not published |
Spain’s two supermarket icons, and the blue bottle is the heavier drink. Solán de Cabras carries TDS 278 against Font Vella’s 190, half again the calcium (60 against 42), more than twice the magnesium (26.7 against 11.3) and a 284 mg/L bicarbonate load that gives it a rounder, faintly sweet body. Font Vella is the lighter and plainer glass, closer to neutral, though its 12.5 mg/L sodium is nearly three times Solán’s 4.8.
Pick Solán de Cabras when you want something to taste, since the magnesium and bicarbonate give it a shape most Spanish still waters do not have. Pick Font Vella for the everyday glass, lighter and easy to drink by the litre without noticing it.
Full profiles: Font Vella · Solán de Cabras. All values mg/L from the analyses cited on each water’s page.
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