Vals

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Common questions

What does Vals taste like?

Vals is sparkling, full-bodied, silky and soft, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Spa Baron type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run sodic lift, alkaline depth and fine bubbles. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.

Is Vals good for you?

Vals is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a rich and mineral water at 1305 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 426 mg/L, genuinely saline territory and part of how it tastes.

What minerals are in Vals?

Vals carries calcium 30, magnesium 16, sodium 426 and potassium 38 mg/L over bicarbonate 1262, sulfate 70 and chloride 25 mg/L. Sodium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 1305 mg/L total dissolved solids.

How much sodium is in Vals?

Vals carries 426 mg/L of sodium. That is genuinely saline water, far past the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.

Is Vals hard or soft water?

By its calcium and magnesium, Vals works out to 139 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as hard water. That is the middle of the range, enough body to taste without heavy scale.

Is Vals alkaline or acidic?

No. Vals runs acidic at pH 5.7, which is normal for a sparkling water where dissolved carbon dioxide turns to carbonic acid, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.

Is Vals still or sparkling?

Vals is a sparkling water. The carbonation is added at bottling.

Where does Vals come from?

Vals comes from Sources de Vals, Vals-les-Bains, Ardèche (Monts d'Ardèche) in France, a single source.