Single source · France
Carola
Source du Château, Ribeauvillé, Alsace (Ballons des Vosges, Haut-Rhin; captée à 150 m)
Alsace pulls this from 150 metres of Vosges clay and drinks it in three colours; the still one is a rounded, sodium-leaning everyday pour.
Mineral analysis
TDS665mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, full-bodied, sodium-savory with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium20 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium131 mg/L
a savory, higher-sodium pour
Verified · official analysis ↗
- mild mineral
- rounded body
- faintly saline
Carola is a still water from France with 665 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 73 mg/L calcium, 20 mg/L magnesium and 131 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Very well protected · closest in profile to Aava.
Type · The Velvet Robe
Find it in: Full body · Savory
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Common questions
- What does Carola taste like?
- Carola is a still water, full-bodied, silky and soft, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Velvet Robe type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run mild mineral, rounded body and faintly saline. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Carola good for you?
- Carola is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a moderately mineral water at 665 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 131 mg/L, over the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.
- What minerals are in Carola?
- Carola carries calcium 73, magnesium 20, sodium 131 and potassium 7 mg/L over bicarbonate 427, sulfate 143 and chloride 57 mg/L. Sodium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 665 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Carola?
- Carola carries 131 mg/L of sodium. That is over the 20 mg/L line a low-sodium claim requires.
- Is Carola hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Carola works out to 263 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as very hard water. That is genuinely hard water, chalky on the tongue and quick to scale a kettle.
- Is Carola alkaline or acidic?
- Carola 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 Carola for baby formula?
- Probably not the first choice. Carola falls outside the German infant-formula guidance because sodium at 131 is over the 20 mg/L line. Pick a still water that clears all three limits, boil and cool it before mixing, and ask your pediatrician.
- Is Carola still or sparkling?
- Carola is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Carola come from?
- Carola comes from Source du Château, Ribeauvillé, Alsace (Ballons des Vosges, Haut-Rhin; captée à 150 m) in France, a single source.