Single source · France
Saint-Géron
Naturally carbonatedQuoted since Caesar and still going. A Haute-Loire spring with whisper-fine natural bubbles, magnesian, heavy on bicarbonate, zero nitrate.
Mineral analysis
TDS1158mg/L total dissolved solids
Sparkling, full-bodied, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish, and a silica glow.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium64 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica28 mg/L
the glow
Sodium207.9 mg/L
a savory, higher-sodium pour
Verified · official analysis ↗
- fine natural bubbles
- magnesian lift
- digestive finish
Saint-Géron is a sparkling water from France with 1158 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 95.7 mg/L calcium, 64 mg/L magnesium and 207.9 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Pristine, untouched source · closest in profile to Badoit.
Type · The Bistro
Find it in: High silica · Natural fizz · Full body
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Common questions
- What does Saint-Géron taste like?
- Saint-Géron is sparkling, full-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish, with a silica smoothness. It belongs to the Bistro type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run fine natural bubbles, magnesian lift and digestive finish. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Saint-Géron good for you?
- Saint-Géron is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a rich and mineral water at 1158 mg/L dissolved solids, with a meaningful 64 mg/L of magnesium and 28 mg/L of silica (over our glow line). Sodium sits at 207.9 mg/L, genuinely saline territory and part of how it tastes.
- What minerals are in Saint-Géron?
- Saint-Géron carries calcium 95.7, magnesium 64, sodium 207.9 and potassium 18.4 mg/L over bicarbonate 1191.1, sulfate 20.4 and chloride 35.5 mg/L. Sodium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 1158 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 28 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Saint-Géron?
- Saint-Géron carries 207.9 mg/L of sodium. That is genuinely saline water, far past the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.
- Is Saint-Géron hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Saint-Géron works out to 495 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 Saint-Géron alkaline or acidic?
- No. Saint-Géron runs acidic at pH 6.2, which is normal for a sparkling water where dissolved carbon dioxide turns to carbonic acid, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Saint-Géron still or sparkling?
- Saint-Géron is a sparkling water. The carbonation is natural, carried out of the ground with the water rather than added at bottling.
- Where does Saint-Géron come from?
- Saint-Géron comes from a single source in France.