Single source · Panama
Bambito
Spring near Volcán, Chiriquí, adjacent to Volcán Barú National Park, 1,510 m elevation
Volcanic rock above 1,500 metres filters it for decades, leaving a low mineral line lifted by an unusually full run of silica. Panama's quiet one.
Mineral analysis
TDS170mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish, and a silica glow.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium7 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica65 mg/L
the glow
Sodium14 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- soft on entry
- faint mineral sweetness
- almost powdery finish
Bambito is a still water from Panama with 170 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 14 mg/L calcium, 7 mg/L magnesium and 14 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Pristine, untouched source · closest in profile to Fiji.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · High silica · Light
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Common questions
- What does Bambito taste like?
- Bambito is a still water, light-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish, with a silica smoothness. It belongs to the Minimalist type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run soft on entry, faint mineral sweetness and almost powdery finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Bambito good for you?
- Bambito is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 170 mg/L dissolved solids, with 65 mg/L of silica (over our glow line). Sodium sits at 14 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Bambito?
- Bambito carries calcium 14, magnesium 7, sodium 14 and potassium 2 mg/L over bicarbonate 68, sulfate 24 and chloride 3 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 170 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 65 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Bambito?
- Bambito carries 14 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Bambito hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Bambito works out to 63 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as moderately hard water. That is the middle of the range, enough body to taste without heavy scale.
- Is Bambito alkaline or acidic?
- Bambito 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 Bambito for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Bambito clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 14, nitrate 0.3 and sulfate 24 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Bambito still or sparkling?
- Bambito is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Bambito come from?
- Bambito comes from Spring near Volcán, Chiriquí, adjacent to Volcán Barú National Park, 1,510 m elevation in Panama, a single source.