Single source · Italy
San Benedetto
Scorzè (VE), Veneto — 300m confined aquifer
A soft bicarbonate spring from a 300-metre aquifer at Scorzè, calcium and magnesium nearly twinned. Italy's endlessly drinkable everyday pour.
Mineral analysis
TDS265mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, full-bodied, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium30.8 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica12 mg/L
clean fuel
Sodium6 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- soft bicarbonate
- mineral light
- magnesium rounded
San Benedetto is a still water from Italy with 265 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 50.3 mg/L calcium, 30.8 mg/L magnesium and 6 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Some surface influence · closest in profile to Evian.
Type · The Cathedral
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Full body
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Common questions
- What does San Benedetto taste like?
- San Benedetto 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 bicarbonate, mineral light and magnesium rounded. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is San Benedetto good for you?
- San Benedetto is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a moderately mineral water at 265 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 6 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in San Benedetto?
- San Benedetto carries calcium 50.3, magnesium 30.8, sodium 6 and potassium 0.9 mg/L over bicarbonate 313, sulfate 3.7 and chloride 2.2 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 265 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 12 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in San Benedetto?
- San Benedetto carries 6 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is San Benedetto hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, San Benedetto works out to 249 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 San Benedetto alkaline or acidic?
- San Benedetto sits at pH 7.52, 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 San Benedetto for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, San Benedetto clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 6, nitrate 9 and sulfate 3.7 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is San Benedetto still or sparkling?
- San Benedetto is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does San Benedetto come from?
- San Benedetto comes from Scorzè (VE), Veneto, 300m confined aquifer in Italy, a single source.