Single source · New Zealand
Antipodes
Otakiri Aquifer, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, North Island
A featherlight New Zealand artesian built almost entirely around silica. Barely there on the tongue until a smooth mineral hush arrives at the finish.
Mineral analysis
TDS130mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, sodium-savory with a soft, round finish, and a silica glow.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium1.8 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica73 mg/L
the glow
Sodium11 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- glassy and weightless
- powdery silica hush
- no mineral bite
Antipodes is a still water from New Zealand with 130 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 3.5 mg/L calcium, 1.8 mg/L magnesium and 11 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Very well protected · closest in profile to Voss.
Type · The Soft-Spoken
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · High silica · Light · Savory
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Common questions
- What does Antipodes taste like?
- Antipodes is a still water, light-bodied, silky and soft, closing on a soft, round finish, with a silica smoothness. It belongs to the Soft-Spoken type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run glassy and weightless, powdery silica hush and no mineral bite.
- Is Antipodes good for you?
- Antipodes is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 130 mg/L dissolved solids, with 73 mg/L of silica (over our glow line). Sodium sits at 11 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Antipodes?
- Antipodes carries calcium 3.5, magnesium 1.8, sodium 11 and potassium 3.3 mg/L over bicarbonate 35, sulfate 4.5 and chloride 7 mg/L. Sodium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 130 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 73 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Antipodes?
- Antipodes carries 11 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Antipodes hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Antipodes works out to 16 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as soft water. That is soft enough to leave a kettle clean and to drink light.
- Is Antipodes alkaline or acidic?
- Antipodes is effectively neutral at pH 7, neither an alkaline nor an acidic water.
- Can you use Antipodes for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Antipodes clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 11, nitrate 1.5 and sulfate 4.5 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Antipodes still or sparkling?
- Antipodes is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Antipodes come from?
- Antipodes comes from Otakiri Aquifer, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, North Island in New Zealand, a single source.