Single source · Senegal
Kirene
Diass plateau spring, Thies region, Senegal
A gentle calcium-bicarbonate water from Diass, lightly mineralised, with nothing to alarm and little to distract. Senegal's domestic standard.
Mineral analysis
TDS163mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium6.1 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium8.9 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- soft round entry
- almost neutral
- clean and unassertive
Kirene is a still water from Senegal with 163 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 44.8 mg/L calcium, 6.1 mg/L magnesium and 8.9 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Very well protected · closest in profile to Acqua Panna.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light
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Common questions
- What does Kirene taste like?
- Kirene 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 soft round entry, almost neutral and clean and unassertive. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Kirene good for you?
- Kirene is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 163 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 8.9 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Kirene?
- Kirene carries calcium 44.8, magnesium 6.1, sodium 8.9 and potassium 1.9 mg/L over bicarbonate 156.2, sulfate 3.8 and chloride 17 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 163 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Kirene?
- Kirene carries 8.9 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Kirene hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Kirene works out to 136 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 Kirene alkaline or acidic?
- No. Kirene runs acidic at pH 6.68, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Can you use Kirene for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Kirene clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 8.9, nitrate 3.4 and sulfate 3.8 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Kirene still or sparkling?
- Kirene is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Kirene come from?
- Kirene comes from Diass plateau spring, Thies region, Senegal in Senegal, a single source.