Single source · Spain
Font Vella
Sant Hilari Sacalm, Girona
Spain's quiet bestseller, a whisper-soft Catalan spring from Sant Hilari. So barely there it practically apologises for having a taste.
Mineral analysis
TDS190mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium11.3 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium12.5 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- weightless
- soft
- clean finish
Font Vella is a still water from Spain with 190 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 42 mg/L calcium, 11.3 mg/L magnesium and 12.5 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
A touch sweet · closest in profile to Acqua Panna.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Light
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Common questions
- What does Font Vella taste like?
- Font Vella is a still water, light-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Minimalist type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run weightless, soft and clean finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Font Vella good for you?
- Font Vella is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 190 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 12.5 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Font Vella?
- Font Vella carries calcium 42, magnesium 11.3 and sodium 12.5 mg/L over bicarbonate 143, sulfate 15.8 and chloride 13 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 190 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Font Vella?
- Font Vella carries 12.5 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Font Vella hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Font Vella works out to 150 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as hard water. That is the middle of the range, enough body to taste without heavy scale.
- Is Font Vella alkaline or acidic?
- Font Vella sits at pH 7.6, just over neutral, so faintly alkaline rather than a true high-pH water. On the palate that reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Font Vella still or sparkling?
- Font Vella is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Font Vella come from?
- Font Vella comes from Sant Hilari Sacalm, Girona in Spain, a single source.