Single source · Portugal
Gloria Patri
Gloria Patri spring, Serra do Trigo, Furnas, São Miguel, Azores
From the Furnas volcano on São Miguel in the Azores, neutral-pH and low-mineral but quietly silica-loaded. A clean, soft volcanic pour.
Mineral analysis
TDS210mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, sodium-savory with a soft, round finish, and a silica glow.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium4.3 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica57 mg/L
the glow
Sodium25 mg/L
a savory, higher-sodium pour
Verified · official analysis ↗
- clean and soft
- smooth silica
- gentle finish
Gloria Patri is a still water from Portugal with 210 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 4.7 mg/L calcium, 4.3 mg/L magnesium and 25 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Some surface influence · closest in profile to Volvic.
Type · The Soft-Spoken
Find it in: High silica · Light · Savory
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Common questions
- What does Gloria Patri taste like?
- Gloria Patri is a still water, light-bodied, silky and soft, closing on a soft, round finish, with a silica smoothness. It belongs to the Soft-Spoken type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run clean and soft, smooth silica and gentle finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Gloria Patri good for you?
- Gloria Patri is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 210 mg/L dissolved solids, with 57 mg/L of silica (over our glow line). Sodium sits at 25 mg/L, over the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.
- What minerals are in Gloria Patri?
- Gloria Patri carries calcium 4.7, magnesium 4.3, sodium 25 and potassium 12 mg/L over bicarbonate 79.9, sulfate 4 and chloride 15 mg/L. Sodium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 210 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 57 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Gloria Patri?
- Gloria Patri carries 25 mg/L of sodium. That is over the 20 mg/L line a low-sodium claim requires.
- Is Gloria Patri hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Gloria Patri works out to 29 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as slightly hard water. That is soft enough to leave a kettle clean and to drink light.
- Is Gloria Patri alkaline or acidic?
- Gloria Patri sits at pH 7.3, just over neutral, so faintly alkaline rather than a true high-pH water. On the palate that reads as a touch sweet.
- Can you use Gloria Patri for baby formula?
- Probably not the first choice. Gloria Patri falls outside the German infant-formula guidance because sodium at 25 is over the 20 mg/L line. Pick a still water that clears all three limits, boil and cool it before mixing, and ask your pediatrician.
- Is Gloria Patri still or sparkling?
- Gloria Patri is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Gloria Patri come from?
- Gloria Patri comes from Gloria Patri spring, Serra do Trigo, Furnas, São Miguel, Azores in Portugal, a single source.