Single source · Belgium
Spa Reine
Spa, Ardennes
From the Belgian town that lent every spa on earth its name, where Peter the Great took the cure in 1717. Barely a mineral in it, and it lets you taste nothing, beautifully.
Mineral analysis
TDS33mg/L total dissolved solidsultra-pure
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium1.3 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica7 mg/L
clean fuel
Sodium3 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- weightless
- soft finish
- near-silent
Spa Reine is a still water from Belgium with 33 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 4.5 mg/L calcium, 1.3 mg/L magnesium and 3 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Very well protected · closest in profile to Voss.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light
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Common questions
- What does Spa Reine taste like?
- Spa Reine 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 weightless, soft finish and near-silent. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Spa Reine good for you?
- Spa Reine is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a barely mineral water at 33 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 3 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Spa Reine?
- Spa Reine carries calcium 4.5, magnesium 1.3 and sodium 3 mg/L over bicarbonate 15, sulfate 4 and chloride 5 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 33 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 7 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Spa Reine?
- Spa Reine carries 3 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Spa Reine hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Spa Reine works out to 16 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as soft water. That is soft enough to leave a kettle clean and to drink light.
- Is Spa Reine alkaline or acidic?
- No. Spa Reine runs acidic at pH 6, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Can you use Spa Reine for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Spa Reine clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 3, nitrate 1.5 and sulfate 4 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Spa Reine still or sparkling?
- Spa Reine is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Spa Reine come from?
- Spa Reine comes from Spa, Ardennes in Belgium, a single source.
Where to buy ↗Hard to find outside Belgium