Single source · United Arab Emirates
Masafi
Underground wells, Masafi, Ras Al Khaimah (Hajar Mountains)
The Gulf's household name since 1976, pumped from beneath the ophiolite Hajar mountains where magnesium outweighs calcium six to one. To much of the region the word Masafi simply means bottled water.
Mineral analysis
TDS150mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a dry, mineral finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium19 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium10 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- light dry body
- faint magnesium edge
- clean desert finish
Masafi is a still water from United Arab Emirates with 150 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 3.4 mg/L calcium, 19 mg/L magnesium and 10 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Pristine, untouched source · closest in profile to Chippewa Springs.
Type · The Dry Wit
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light · Dry finish
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Common questions
- What does Masafi taste like?
- Masafi is a still water, light-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a dry, mineral finish. It belongs to the Dry Wit type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run light dry body, faint magnesium edge and clean desert finish. Its pH is alkaline, which on the palate reads as silky, slightly bitter.
- Is Masafi good for you?
- Masafi is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 150 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 10 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Masafi?
- Masafi carries calcium 3.4, magnesium 19, sodium 10 and potassium 0.2 mg/L over bicarbonate 27, sulfate 19 and chloride 47 mg/L. Magnesium leads the mineral profile with chloride the main anion, at 150 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Masafi?
- Masafi carries 10 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Masafi hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Masafi works out to 85 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 Masafi alkaline or acidic?
- Yes. Masafi has a published pH of 7.8, 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 Masafi for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Masafi clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 10, nitrate 0.4 and sulfate 19 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Masafi still or sparkling?
- Masafi is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Masafi come from?
- Masafi comes from Underground wells, Masafi, Ras Al Khaimah (Hajar Mountains) in United Arab Emirates, a single source.