Single source · Belgium
Valvert
Valvert spring, Étalle, Gaume (Belgian Lorraine), Wallonia
Nestlé's Belgian still from a guarded Gaume forest, launched in 1991 and light enough for infant bottles. Calcium-bicarbonate with almost nothing else aboard, two of magnesium and two of salt.
Mineral analysis
TDS201mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium2 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium1.9 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- light clean body
- soft chalk
- quiet finish
Valvert is a still water from Belgium with 201 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 67.6 mg/L calcium, 2 mg/L magnesium and 1.9 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Very well protected · closest in profile to Highland Spring.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light
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Common questions
- What does Valvert taste like?
- Valvert 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 light clean body, soft chalk and quiet finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Valvert good for you?
- Valvert is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a lightly mineral water at 201 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 1.9 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Valvert?
- Valvert carries calcium 67.6, magnesium 2, sodium 1.9 and potassium 0.2 mg/L over bicarbonate 204, sulfate 18 and chloride 4 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 201 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Valvert?
- Valvert carries 1.9 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Valvert hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Valvert works out to 177 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 Valvert alkaline or acidic?
- Valvert sits at pH 7.3, 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 Valvert for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Valvert clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 1.9, nitrate 3.5 and sulfate 18 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Valvert still or sparkling?
- Valvert is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Valvert come from?
- Valvert comes from Valvert spring, Étalle, Gaume (Belgian Lorraine), Wallonia in Belgium, a single source.