Composite source · USA
Ice Mountain
Sanctuary Spring (Rodney, MI), Evart Springs & White Pine Springs (Evart, MI), and/or Frontier Springs, PA
A calcium-bicarbonate blend from Michigan springs, a rounded limestone whisper that never raises its voice above a hum.
Mineral analysis
TDS260mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, full-bodied, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium25 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium5.8 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- soft limestone minerality
- round neutral finish
- faint chalky sweetness
Ice Mountain is a still water from USA with 260 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 62.5 mg/L calcium, 25 mg/L magnesium and 5.8 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Well protected · closest in profile to Evian.
Type · The Cathedral
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Full body
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Common questions
- What does Ice Mountain taste like?
- Ice Mountain 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 soft limestone minerality, round neutral finish and faint chalky sweetness. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Ice Mountain good for you?
- Ice Mountain is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a moderately mineral water at 260 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 5.8 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Ice Mountain?
- Ice Mountain carries calcium 62.5, magnesium 25, sodium 5.8 and potassium 0.95 mg/L over bicarbonate 299, sulfate 13.5 and chloride 8.1 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 260 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Ice Mountain?
- Ice Mountain carries 5.8 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Ice Mountain hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Ice Mountain works out to 256 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 Ice Mountain alkaline or acidic?
- Ice Mountain 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.
- Can you use Ice Mountain for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Ice Mountain clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 5.8, nitrate 5.5 and sulfate 13.5 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Ice Mountain still or sparkling?
- Ice Mountain is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Ice Mountain come from?
- Ice Mountain comes from Sanctuary Spring (Rodney, MI), Evart Springs & White Pine Springs (Evart, MI), and/or Frontier Springs, PA in the USA, drawn from more than one source.