Single source · Romania
Bucovina
Secu spring (C7 catchment), Dorna Candrenilor, Vatra Dornei, Suceava County, Bukovina
Bukovina spring water from the old Habsburg spa town of Vatra Dornei, now Romania's third bottle by market share. Seventy-two milligrams of dry residue make it one of the country's lightest big names.
Mineral analysis
TDS72mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium2.4 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium2 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- near weightless
- faint soft chalk
- clean mountain finish
Bucovina is a still water from Romania with 72 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 9.2 mg/L calcium, 2.4 mg/L magnesium and 2 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Well protected · closest in profile to Volvic.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light
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Common questions
- What does Bucovina taste like?
- Bucovina 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 near weightless, faint soft chalk and clean mountain finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Bucovina good for you?
- Bucovina is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 72 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 2 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Bucovina?
- Bucovina carries calcium 9.2, magnesium 2.4, sodium 2 and potassium 1.4 mg/L over bicarbonate 42.7, sulfate 6.2 and chloride 5 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 72 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Bucovina?
- Bucovina carries 2 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Bucovina hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Bucovina works out to 33 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as slightly hard water. That is soft enough to leave a kettle clean and to drink light.
- Is Bucovina alkaline or acidic?
- Bucovina sits at pH 7.31, 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 Bucovina for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Bucovina clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 2, nitrate 4.29 and sulfate 6.2 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Bucovina still or sparkling?
- Bucovina is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Bucovina come from?
- Bucovina comes from Secu spring (C7 catchment), Dorna Candrenilor, Vatra Dornei, Suceava County, Bukovina in Romania, a single source.