Single source · Greece
Avra
Avra spring/boreholes, Aigio, Achaea (Peloponnese)
Quiet calcium bicarbonate from the Achaean hills, low in salt and easy to overlook. Greece drinks it without ceremony.
Mineral analysis
TDS194mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium7.6 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium9 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- soft and rounded
- faint chalk
- clean dry finish
Avra is a still water from Greece with 194 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 53 mg/L calcium, 7.6 mg/L magnesium and 9 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Very well protected · closest in profile to Acqua Panna.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light
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Common questions
- What does Avra taste like?
- Avra 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 soft and rounded, faint chalk and clean dry finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Avra good for you?
- Avra is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 194 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 9 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Avra?
- Avra carries calcium 53, magnesium 7.6, sodium 9 and potassium 1.2 mg/L over bicarbonate 197, sulfate 13 and chloride 9 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 194 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Avra?
- Avra carries 9 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Avra hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Avra works out to 163 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 Avra alkaline or acidic?
- Avra sits at pH 7.4, just over neutral, so faintly alkaline rather than a true high-pH water. On the palate that reads as a touch sweet.
- Can you use Avra for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Avra clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 9, nitrate 3.5 and sulfate 13 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Avra still or sparkling?
- Avra is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Avra come from?
- Avra comes from Avra spring/boreholes, Aigio, Achaea (Peloponnese) in Greece, a single source.