Single source · Spain
Fuente Liviana
Manantial Serranía I, Huerta del Marquesado, Serranía de Cuenca (1300 m)
OCU's testers ranked this Serranía de Cuenca spring the best bottled water in Spain in 2017. Liviana means light, and with sodium at 0.8 milligrams the name is bookkeeping rather than boasting.
Mineral analysis
TDS251mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, full-bodied, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium18.5 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium0.8 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- light chalky body
- no salt at all
- soft rounded finish
Fuente Liviana is a still water from Spain with 251 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 64.7 mg/L calcium, 18.5 mg/L magnesium and 0.8 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Silky, slightly bitter · closest in profile to Evian.
Type · The Cathedral
Find it in: Low sodium · Full body
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Common questions
- What does Fuente Liviana taste like?
- Fuente Liviana 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 light chalky body, no salt at all and soft rounded finish. Its pH is alkaline, which on the palate reads as silky, slightly bitter.
- Is Fuente Liviana good for you?
- Fuente Liviana is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a moderately mineral water at 251 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 0.8 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Fuente Liviana?
- Fuente Liviana carries calcium 64.7, magnesium 18.5, sodium 0.8 and potassium 0.4 mg/L over bicarbonate 273, sulfate 19.2 and chloride 2.1 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 251 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Fuente Liviana?
- Fuente Liviana carries 0.8 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Fuente Liviana hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Fuente Liviana works out to 236 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 Fuente Liviana alkaline or acidic?
- Yes. Fuente Liviana has a published pH of 7.9, on the alkaline side of neutral, where it drinks silky, slightly bitter. That comes from bicarbonate-rich geology rather than any additive.
- Is Fuente Liviana still or sparkling?
- Fuente Liviana is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Fuente Liviana come from?
- Fuente Liviana comes from Manantial Serranía I, Huerta del Marquesado, Serranía de Cuenca (1300 m) in Spain, a single source.