Single source · Italy
Maniva
Fonte Maniva, Monte Maniva above Bagolino (Brescia), Brescian Prealps, Lombardy
Sold as Maniva pH8 and it is exactly that, alkaline straight off Monte Maniva above medieval Bagolino. Ninety-nine milligrams of residue, football-shirt famous, feather light.
Mineral analysis
TDS99mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium4.1 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica6.5 mg/L
clean fuel
Sodium3.1 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- feather light
- soft alkaline smoothness
- clean prealpine finish
Maniva is a still water from Italy with 99 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 25.2 mg/L calcium, 4.1 mg/L magnesium and 3.1 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Very well protected · closest in profile to Highland Spring.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light
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Common questions
- What does Maniva taste like?
- Maniva 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 feather light, soft alkaline smoothness and clean prealpine finish. Its pH is alkaline, which on the palate reads as silky, slightly bitter.
- Is Maniva good for you?
- Maniva is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 99 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 3.1 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Maniva?
- Maniva carries calcium 25.2, magnesium 4.1, sodium 3.1 and potassium 0.7 mg/L over bicarbonate 87.8, sulfate 8 and chloride 2.7 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 99 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 6.5 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Maniva?
- Maniva carries 3.1 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Maniva hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Maniva works out to 79 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as moderately hard water. That is the middle of the range, enough body to taste without heavy scale.
- Is Maniva alkaline or acidic?
- Yes. Maniva has a published pH of 8.2, on the alkaline side of neutral, where it drinks silky, slightly bitter. That comes from bicarbonate-rich geology rather than any additive.
- Can you use Maniva for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Maniva clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 3.1, nitrate 4 and sulfate 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 Maniva still or sparkling?
- Maniva is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Maniva come from?
- Maniva comes from Fonte Maniva, Monte Maniva above Bagolino (Brescia), Brescian Prealps, Lombardy in Italy, a single source.