Single source · Italy
Lurisia
Sorgente Santa Barbara (1460 m), Lurisia, Roccaforte Mondovì (Cuneo), Piedmont
Miners struck this spring above Roccaforte Mondovì in 1917, and Marie Curie came to examine it a year later. Thirty-eight milligrams of residue, a silica thread, and a Sottsass-designed bottle.
Mineral analysis
TDS38mg/L total dissolved solidsultra-pure
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium0.43 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica12.8 mg/L
clean fuel
Sodium2.7 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- near weightless
- faint silica silk
- cold alpine finish
Lurisia is a still water from Italy with 38 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 4 mg/L calcium, 0.43 mg/L magnesium and 2.7 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Very well protected · closest in profile to Voss.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light
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Common questions
- What does Lurisia taste like?
- Lurisia 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 near weightless, faint silica silk and cold alpine finish.
- Is Lurisia good for you?
- Lurisia is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a barely mineral water at 38 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 2.7 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Lurisia?
- Lurisia carries calcium 4, magnesium 0.43, sodium 2.7 and potassium 0.71 mg/L over bicarbonate 18, sulfate 1.9 and chloride 0.35 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 38 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 12.8 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Lurisia?
- Lurisia carries 2.7 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Lurisia hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Lurisia works out to 12 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as soft water. That is soft enough to leave a kettle clean and to drink light.
- Is Lurisia alkaline or acidic?
- Lurisia is effectively neutral at pH 6.7, neither an alkaline nor an acidic water.
- Can you use Lurisia for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Lurisia clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 2.7, nitrate 3.1 and sulfate 1.9 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Lurisia still or sparkling?
- Lurisia is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Lurisia come from?
- Lurisia comes from Sorgente Santa Barbara (1460 m), Lurisia, Roccaforte Mondovì (Cuneo), Piedmont in Italy, a single source.