Single source · Netherlands
Bar-le-Duc
Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Netherlands
Filtered through the pure siliceous sand of the Heuvelrug, this Dutch still is calcium-bicarbonate with almost no sulphate. Clean and faintly sweet.
Mineral analysis
TDS230mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium3.7 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium10.7 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- clean palate
- low sulphate
- soft finish
Bar-le-Duc is a still water from Netherlands with 230 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 54 mg/L calcium, 3.7 mg/L magnesium and 10.7 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Pristine, untouched source · 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 Bar-le-Duc taste like?
- Bar-le-Duc 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 clean palate, low sulphate and soft finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Bar-le-Duc good for you?
- Bar-le-Duc is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 230 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 10.7 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Bar-le-Duc?
- Bar-le-Duc carries calcium 54, magnesium 3.7, sodium 10.7 and potassium 0.7 mg/L over bicarbonate 185, sulfate 2 and chloride 10.7 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 230 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Bar-le-Duc?
- Bar-le-Duc carries 10.7 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Bar-le-Duc hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Bar-le-Duc works out to 150 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 Bar-le-Duc alkaline or acidic?
- Bar-le-Duc sits at pH 7.5, 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 Bar-le-Duc for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Bar-le-Duc clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 10.7, nitrate 1 and sulfate 2 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Bar-le-Duc still or sparkling?
- Bar-le-Duc is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Bar-le-Duc come from?
- Bar-le-Duc comes from Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Netherlands in the Netherlands, a single source.