Single source · USA
Mountain Valley Spring Water
Natural spring, Ouachita Mountains, Hot Springs, Arkansas (Spring 1)
Glass-bottled in Arkansas since 1871, soft calcium bicarbonate that stays rounded and never turns sharp. The genteel Southern aristocrat of American water.
Mineral analysis
TDS220mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium7.1 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica15 mg/L
clean fuel
Sodium2.8 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- soft rounded body
- clean neutral-alkaline finish
- faintly sweet
Mountain Valley Spring Water is a still water from USA with 220 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 67 mg/L calcium, 7.1 mg/L magnesium and 2.8 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
A touch sweet · closest in profile to Highland Spring.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Light
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Common questions
- What does Mountain Valley Spring Water taste like?
- Mountain Valley Spring Water 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 rounded body, clean neutral-alkaline finish and faintly sweet. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Mountain Valley Spring Water good for you?
- Mountain Valley Spring Water is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 220 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 2.8 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Mountain Valley Spring Water?
- Mountain Valley Spring Water carries calcium 67, magnesium 7.1, sodium 2.8 and potassium 1.3 mg/L over bicarbonate 234.6, sulfate 7.4 and chloride 3 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 220 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 15 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Mountain Valley Spring Water?
- Mountain Valley Spring Water carries 2.8 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Mountain Valley Spring Water hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Mountain Valley Spring Water works out to 196 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 Mountain Valley Spring Water alkaline or acidic?
- Mountain Valley Spring Water sits at pH 7.3, just over neutral, so faintly alkaline rather than a true high-pH water. On the palate that reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Mountain Valley Spring Water still or sparkling?
- Mountain Valley Spring Water is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Mountain Valley Spring Water come from?
- Mountain Valley Spring Water comes from Natural spring, Ouachita Mountains, Hot Springs, Arkansas (Spring 1) in the USA, a single source.