Single source · Israel
Ein Gedi
Shulamit spring, Ein Gedi oasis, Dead Sea (Judean Desert)
Bottled at a kibbutz 400 metres below sea level beside the Dead Sea, likely the lowest bottling plant on Earth. Judean rainwater, decades underground, with a gentle saline warmth to show for it.
Mineral analysis
TDS366mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, full-bodied, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium28 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium50 mg/L
a savory, higher-sodium pour
Verified · official analysis ↗
- rounded warm body
- gentle salinity
- desert oasis finish
Ein Gedi is a still water from Israel with 366 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 57 mg/L calcium, 28 mg/L magnesium and 50 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
A touch sweet · closest in profile to Buxton.
Type · The Cathedral
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Common questions
- What does Ein Gedi taste like?
- Ein Gedi 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 rounded warm body, gentle salinity and desert oasis finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Ein Gedi good for you?
- Ein Gedi is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a moderately mineral water at 366 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 50 mg/L, over the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.
- What minerals are in Ein Gedi?
- Ein Gedi carries calcium 57, magnesium 28, sodium 50 and potassium 1.4 mg/L over bicarbonate 220, sulfate 36 and chloride 84 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 366 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Ein Gedi?
- Ein Gedi carries 50 mg/L of sodium. That is over the 20 mg/L line a low-sodium claim requires.
- Is Ein Gedi hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Ein Gedi works out to 255 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 Ein Gedi alkaline or acidic?
- Ein Gedi 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.
- Is Ein Gedi still or sparkling?
- Ein Gedi is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Ein Gedi come from?
- Ein Gedi comes from Shulamit spring, Ein Gedi oasis, Dead Sea (Judean Desert) in Israel, a single source.