Single source · Algeria
Saida
Spring source in the Saida wilaya, western Algerian highlands, approximately 150 km southeast of Oran, Algeria
Algeria's oldest bottled water, drawn from a deep western-highlands aquifer since 1967. Full-bodied and bicarbonate-forward, warm in the mineral rather than the temperature.
Mineral analysis
TDS478mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, full-bodied, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium50 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium58 mg/L
a savory, higher-sodium pour
Verified · official analysis ↗
- soft alkaline weight
- faintly saline
- rounded low-bitter finish
Saida is a still water from Algeria with 478 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 68 mg/L calcium, 50 mg/L magnesium and 58 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Measurable surface influence · closest in profile to Buxton.
Type · The Cathedral
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Common questions
- What does Saida taste like?
- Saida is a still water, full-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Cathedral type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run soft alkaline weight, faintly saline and rounded low-bitter finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Saida good for you?
- Saida is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a moderately mineral water at 478 mg/L dissolved solids, with a meaningful 50 mg/L of magnesium. Sodium sits at 58 mg/L, over the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.
- What minerals are in Saida?
- Saida carries calcium 68, magnesium 50, sodium 58 and potassium 2 mg/L over bicarbonate 376, sulfate 65 and chloride 81 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 478 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Saida?
- Saida carries 58 mg/L of sodium. That is over the 20 mg/L line a low-sodium claim requires.
- Is Saida hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Saida works out to 370 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 Saida alkaline or acidic?
- Saida sits at pH 7.5, just over neutral, so faintly alkaline rather than a true high-pH water. On the palate that reads as a touch sweet.
- Can you use Saida for baby formula?
- Probably not the first choice. Saida falls outside the German infant-formula guidance because sodium at 58 is over the 20 mg/L line and nitrate at 15 is over the 10 mg/L line. Pick a still water that clears all three limits, boil and cool it before mixing, and ask your pediatrician.
- Is Saida still or sparkling?
- Saida is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Saida come from?
- Saida comes from Spring source in the Saida wilaya, western Algerian highlands, approximately 150 km southeast of Oran, Algeria in Algeria, a single source.