Single source · Italy
Acqua Vera
Fonte In Bosco, San Giorgio in Bosco (Padova), Veneto
Sanpellegrino's everyday bottle, filled at the In Bosco spring where Valsugana snowmelt resurfaces on the Veneto plain. Light calcium-bicarbonate with nothing sticking out, which is rather the point.
Mineral analysis
TDS162mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium12.9 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium2.1 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- light and unfussy
- mild chalk
- clean everyday finish
Acqua Vera is a still water from Italy with 162 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 35.8 mg/L calcium, 12.9 mg/L magnesium and 2.1 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Very well protected · closest in profile to Highland Spring.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light
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Common questions
- What does Acqua Vera taste like?
- Acqua Vera is a still water, light-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Minimalist type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run light and unfussy, mild chalk and clean everyday finish. Its pH is alkaline, which on the palate reads as silky, slightly bitter.
- Is Acqua Vera good for you?
- Acqua Vera is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 162 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 2.1 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Acqua Vera?
- Acqua Vera carries calcium 35.8, magnesium 12.9, sodium 2.1 and potassium 0.5 mg/L over bicarbonate 147, sulfate 19.6 and chloride 2.7 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 162 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Acqua Vera?
- Acqua Vera carries 2.1 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Acqua Vera hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Acqua Vera works out to 141 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as hard water. That is the middle of the range, enough body to taste without heavy scale.
- Is Acqua Vera alkaline or acidic?
- Yes. Acqua Vera has a published pH of 8, on the alkaline side of neutral, where it drinks silky, slightly bitter. That comes from bicarbonate-rich geology rather than any additive.
- Can you use Acqua Vera for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Acqua Vera clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 2.1, nitrate 4 and sulfate 19.6 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Acqua Vera still or sparkling?
- Acqua Vera is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Acqua Vera come from?
- Acqua Vera comes from Fonte In Bosco, San Giorgio in Bosco (Padova), Veneto in Italy, a single source.