Single source · Brazil
Caxambu
Parque das Águas de Caxambu, Minas Gerais (Fonte Mayrink / naturally carbonated springs)
Naturally carbonatedFrom one of the oldest spa parks in the Americas, sharply acidic and naturally effervescent over a calcium spine. The CO2 does most of the talking.
Mineral analysis
TDS87mg/L total dissolved solids
Sparkling, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium2 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica17 mg/L
clean fuel
Sodium6.1 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- bright carbonic bite
- earthy iron tinge
- low body, high liveliness
Caxambu is a sparkling water from Brazil with 87 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 11.6 mg/L calcium, 2 mg/L magnesium and 6.1 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Pristine, untouched source · closest in profile to Voss.
Type · The Aperitif
Find it in: Low sodium · Low-Na sparkling · Natural fizz · Light
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Common questions
- What does Caxambu taste like?
- Caxambu is sparkling, light-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Aperitif type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run bright carbonic bite, earthy iron tinge and low body, high liveliness. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Caxambu good for you?
- Caxambu is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 87 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 6.1 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Caxambu?
- Caxambu carries calcium 11.6, magnesium 2, sodium 6.1 and potassium 7.7 mg/L over bicarbonate 72, sulfate 0.85 and chloride 0.4 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 87 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 17 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Caxambu?
- Caxambu carries 6.1 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Caxambu hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Caxambu works out to 37 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 Caxambu alkaline or acidic?
- No. Caxambu runs acidic at pH 5.14, which is normal for a sparkling water where dissolved carbon dioxide turns to carbonic acid, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Caxambu still or sparkling?
- Caxambu is a sparkling water. The carbonation is natural, carried out of the ground with the water rather than added at bottling.
- Where does Caxambu come from?
- Caxambu comes from Parque das Águas de Caxambu, Minas Gerais (Fonte Mayrink / naturally carbonated springs) in Brazil, a single source.