Single source · Italy
Smeraldina
Monti di Deu, Tempio Pausania, Gallura, Sardinia
Granite-filtered through Gallura in northern Sardinia, soft and low-mineral with a faint chloride edge and a touch of silica. Twice a Berkeley Springs gold medalist.
Mineral analysis
TDS155mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, sodium-savory with a dry, mineral finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium6.9 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica18.3 mg/L
clean fuel
Sodium28.3 mg/L
a savory, higher-sodium pour
Verified · official analysis ↗
- clean and soft
- faint chloride
- crisp finish
Smeraldina is a still water from Italy with 155 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 13.8 mg/L calcium, 6.9 mg/L magnesium and 28.3 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
A faintly sour edge · closest in profile to Luso.
Type · The Sea Breeze
Find it in: Light · Savory · Dry finish
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Common questions
- What does Smeraldina taste like?
- Smeraldina is a still water, light-bodied, silky and soft, closing on a dry, mineral finish. It belongs to the Sea Breeze type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run clean and soft, faint chloride and crisp finish. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Smeraldina good for you?
- Smeraldina is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 155 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 28.3 mg/L, over the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.
- What minerals are in Smeraldina?
- Smeraldina carries calcium 13.8, magnesium 6.9, sodium 28.3 and potassium 1.4 mg/L over bicarbonate 53.1, sulfate 11.2 and chloride 49.8 mg/L. Sodium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 155 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 18.3 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Smeraldina?
- Smeraldina carries 28.3 mg/L of sodium. That is over the 20 mg/L line a low-sodium claim requires.
- Is Smeraldina hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Smeraldina works out to 62 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 Smeraldina alkaline or acidic?
- No. Smeraldina runs acidic at pH 6.59, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Smeraldina still or sparkling?
- Smeraldina is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Smeraldina come from?
- Smeraldina comes from Monti di Deu, Tempio Pausania, Gallura, Sardinia in Italy, a single source.