Single source · Fiji
Fiji
Viti Levu artesian aquifer
A Canadian businessman read the geology of Viti Levu and began bottling the Yaqara aquifer in 1996. Soft and silica-rich, the bottle that made beauty minerals a selling point.
Mineral analysis
TDS230mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish, and a silica glow.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium14 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica96 mg/L
the glow
Sodium18 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- silky
- soft
- tropical-smooth
Fiji is a still water from Fiji with 230 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 19 mg/L calcium, 14 mg/L magnesium and 18 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Among the ten highest-silica waters in the catalog · very well protected · closest in profile to Himalayan.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · High silica · Light
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Common questions
- What does Fiji taste like?
- Fiji is a still water, light-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish, with a silica smoothness. It belongs to the Minimalist type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run silky, soft and tropical-smooth.
- Is Fiji good for you?
- Fiji is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 230 mg/L dissolved solids, with 96 mg/L of silica (over our glow line). Sodium sits at 18 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Fiji?
- Fiji carries calcium 19, magnesium 14 and sodium 18 mg/L over bicarbonate 160, sulfate 1 and chloride 10 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 230 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 96 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Fiji?
- Fiji carries 18 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Fiji hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Fiji works out to 104 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as moderately hard water. That is the middle of the range, enough body to taste without heavy scale.
- Can you use Fiji for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Fiji clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 18, nitrate 1.1 and sulfate 1 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Fiji still or sparkling?
- Fiji is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Fiji come from?
- Fiji comes from Viti Levu artesian aquifer in Fiji, a single source.