Single source · Italy
Lete
Pratella (Caserta), Campania (fonte Lete)
Naturally carbonatedA Campanian spring that carries its own gas up from deep limestone, chalky and firm yet with sodium under five milligrams. It drinks like liquid limestone under a fine natural fizz.
Mineral analysis
TDS878.41mg/L total dissolved solids
Sparkling, full-bodied, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium15.12 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica9 mg/L
clean fuel
Sodium4.91 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- chalky mineral
- almost no sodium
- gentle fizz
Lete is a sparkling water from Italy with 878.41 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 313.7 mg/L calcium, 15.12 mg/L magnesium and 4.91 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Well protected · closest in profile to Perrier.
Type · The Bistro
Find it in: Low sodium · Low-Na sparkling · Natural fizz · Full body
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Common questions
- What does Lete taste like?
- Lete is sparkling, full-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Bistro type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run chalky mineral, almost no sodium and gentle fizz. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Lete good for you?
- Lete is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a rich and mineral water at 878.41 mg/L dissolved solids, with 313.7 mg/L of calcium (a serious share of a day’s intake). Sodium sits at 4.91 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Lete?
- Lete carries calcium 313.7, magnesium 15.12, sodium 4.91 and potassium 2.1 mg/L over bicarbonate 981.11, sulfate 6.6 and chloride 8.24 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 878.41 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 9 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Lete?
- Lete carries 4.91 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Lete hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Lete works out to 845 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 Lete alkaline or acidic?
- No. Lete runs acidic at pH 6.14, which is normal for a sparkling water where dissolved carbon dioxide turns to carbonic acid, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Lete still or sparkling?
- Lete is a sparkling water. The carbonation is natural, carried out of the ground with the water rather than added at bottling.
- Where does Lete come from?
- Lete comes from Pratella (Caserta), Campania (fonte Lete) in Italy, a single source.