Single source · South Africa
Blue Republic
Protected underground source at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range, North West Province
Lean, softly alkaline water off the ancient Magaliesberg. Little in the glass beyond a clean bicarbonate roundness, and nothing competing with it.
Mineral analysis
TDS116mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium11.6 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium6.7 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- light bicarbonate softness
- faintly sweet
- almost weightless
Blue Republic is a still water from South Africa with 116 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 9.4 mg/L calcium, 11.6 mg/L magnesium and 6.7 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Pristine, untouched source · closest in profile to Fiji.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light
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Common questions
- What does Blue Republic taste like?
- Blue Republic 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 bicarbonate softness, faintly sweet and almost weightless. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Blue Republic good for you?
- Blue Republic is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 116 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 6.7 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Blue Republic?
- Blue Republic carries calcium 9.4, magnesium 11.6, sodium 6.7 and potassium 2 mg/L over bicarbonate 86, sulfate 5 and chloride 3 mg/L. Magnesium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 116 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Blue Republic?
- Blue Republic carries 6.7 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Blue Republic hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Blue Republic works out to 70 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 Blue Republic alkaline or acidic?
- Blue Republic sits at pH 7.7, 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 Blue Republic for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Blue Republic clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 6.7, nitrate 0.5 and sulfate 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 Blue Republic still or sparkling?
- Blue Republic is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Blue Republic come from?
- Blue Republic comes from Protected underground source at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range, North West Province in South Africa, a single source.