Single source · United Kingdom
Chiltern Hills
Tring, Hertfordshire (Chiltern Hills chalk aquifer)
Fifty years through Chiltern chalk at Tring, pouring hard, calcium-bright and bicarbonate-round. Polite English limestone in a glass.
Mineral analysis
TDS289mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, full-bodied, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium1.4 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium8 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- calcium-bright entry
- round bicarbonate middle
- clean chalk finish
Chiltern Hills is a still water from United Kingdom with 289 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 104 mg/L calcium, 1.4 mg/L magnesium and 8 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Well protected · closest in profile to Solán de Cabras.
Type · The Cathedral
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Full body
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Common questions
- What does Chiltern Hills taste like?
- Chiltern Hills is a still water, full-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Cathedral type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run calcium-bright entry, round bicarbonate middle and clean chalk finish.
- Is Chiltern Hills good for you?
- Chiltern Hills is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a moderately mineral water at 289 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 8 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Chiltern Hills?
- Chiltern Hills carries calcium 104, magnesium 1.4, sodium 8 and potassium 1 mg/L over bicarbonate 294, sulfate 12.2 and chloride 15.5 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 289 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Chiltern Hills?
- Chiltern Hills carries 8 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Chiltern Hills hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Chiltern Hills works out to 266 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.
- Can you use Chiltern Hills for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Chiltern Hills clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 8, nitrate 5 and sulfate 12.2 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Chiltern Hills still or sparkling?
- Chiltern Hills is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Chiltern Hills come from?
- Chiltern Hills comes from Tring, Hertfordshire (Chiltern Hills chalk aquifer) in the United Kingdom, a single source.