There are many types of bottled water brands on the market, but don't look at the same cool thirst-quenching water, the price difference is not much, but the water source is very different, some are real mineral water, some are reservoir water, and some are tap water, let's take a look at the 6 common bottled water in life, what kind of water is used.
What are the differences between the different water sources?
1. Mineral water
Mineral water is usually a natural water source, from a depth of 100 meters underground, is unpolluted groundwater, this water source usually comes from deep mountain areas, circulates in the depths of the formation, rich in potassium, zinc, metasilicic acid and other minerals and carbon dioxide and other gases. Mining of mineral water usually requires a mining license, and then mining and extracting water sources is naturally more expensive than other water sources.
2. Mountain spring water
Mountain spring water generally refers to the water source from a specific protected area, and the area and surrounding area are not polluted, and are naturally formed through mountain purification. Although the spring water of this water source is natural drinking water, the water quality of mountain spring water is basically bare or flowing in a shallow surface, and the water quality of mountain spring water is more susceptible to environmental influences than mineral water.
3. Purified water
Pure water refers to water that does not contain any impurities, usually obtained by electrodialysis, ion exchange and other technologies, basically does not contain impurities or bacteria, and is characterized by clean and pure, and the water quality is particularly stable.
4. Mineral water
Mineral water and mineral water, both names contain the word "mine", but the water source is completely different, mineral water is usually pure water as the raw water, and then add some potassium, zinc and other mineral elements needed by the human body to obtain water, which belongs to artificial secondary processing, which is very different from natural mineral water.
After understanding the difference between mineral water, mountain spring water, pure water and mineral water, let's take a look at what kind of water are the 6 kinds of bottled drinking water that everyone often drinks in life?
1. Nongfu Spring
Nongfu Spring's classic advertising slogan is not only deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but also clearly interprets the characteristics of Nongfu Spring using natural water sources, which makes people favor it.
But is the most common Nongfu Spring mineral water? The answer is that the water of Nongfu Spring is natural water, and there are mineral waters, but not all of them are mineral waters. Nongfu Spring has multiple water sources, such as Qiandao Lake in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Danjiangkou in Hubei, Taibai Mountain in Shaanxi, etc., with different water sources and different water quality attributes.
Among them, the water source of Changbai Mountain belongs to mineral water, as mentioned above, because the mining of mineral water requires a mining license, the mining procedures and mining process of mineral water are more cumbersome and complicated than ordinary natural water, and the price will naturally be more expensive.
Like the classic model of Nongfu Spring's red bottle cap, the ingredient list clearly marks the natural water, and the water source category is deep lake water, that is, Nongfu Spring's drinking water is not mineral water, but lake water.
The natural snow mountain mineral water marked in the ingredient list of the white skin and white cover model, the water source category is natural spring water, and the water source is also clearly marked, which can be determined that this drinking water is natural mineral water.
2. Centennial Mountain
The water of Baisui Mountain is all mineral water, it always adheres to the principle of "never using surface water", and only mines natural mineral water at a depth of 100 meters underground, so that the water quality is not easy to be affected and polluted by the external environment, and the water quality is more reassuring, and it can be drunk directly without any filtration or processing after mining.
The water source of Baisui Mountain is the natural mineral water of the Luofu Mountains in Guangdong, which is known as "the ancestor of the mountains of Baiyue, Penglai Wonderland", which shows the advantages and disadvantages of its environment. In addition to domestic water sources, the water sources of Mt. Baisui have also expanded overseas, and the water source is located on the shores of Lake Garda near the Italian Alps, and mineral water from deep underground is mined to supply mainly to Europe.
Although these mineral waters are from different sources, they all have a common feature, that is, they are located deep in the rock cracks, these water sources have been circulated in the underground for hundreds of years, and have been purified by nature's natural filtration, not only the water quality is excellent, but also rich in metasilicic acid, calcium and potassium and other minerals and trace elements that are beneficial to the human body, and it is a precious natural mineral water.
The ingredient list on the bottle of Baisui Mountain clearly indicates the content of drinking natural mineral water, minerals and water sources, so it seems that Baisui Mountain is a real drinking mineral water, and if you want to buy mineral water, you can directly close your eyes and enter Baisui Mountain, but the price is a little more expensive.
3. Wahaha
Wahaha pure water, from the name you can know its water quality attributes, its water source is not like Nongfu Spring and Baisui Mountain, it is a natural water source, but ordinary tap water. However, because of its ultra-high water purification process, the water quality of Wahaha pure water is very pure, almost does not contain any minerals and trace elements, and the water quality is quite stable.
It is precisely because of this characteristic that Wahaha pure water has also become practical water in various laboratories at home and abroad, so that there is a saying between laboratories that "Wahaha is used for liquid phase, Watsons is used for mass spectrometry", and even Wahaha pure water is recommended as experimental water in the materials of ABI, a well-known foreign applied biological systems company. This Wahaha pure water can be called the "golden oil" of the laboratory, and each laboratory is moved in one car after another.
Fourth, Master Kong
The water source of Master Kong's water propaganda is Qinglongquan, Jingyu County, Changbai Mountain, but most of this 1 yuan a bottle of blue cap water does not belong to mineral water, but mineral water obtained by adding some minerals after natural water is filtered and purified, and the name can be seen on the label on the bottle is packaged drinking water, and the ingredients are water and food additives (sodium chloride and magnesium sulfate), which also shows that the water source may be tap water.
Of course, Master Kong's water may be adapted to local conditions, and the water source will be different in different production places, the water source may be groundwater, tap water, or mountain spring water, etc., but it is still mainly tap water.
Fifth, Cestbon
Judging from the packaging of Cestbon purified water, the water source is not indicated, and the ingredients are only marked with water.
In fact, Cestbon does not have a definite water source, the use of local tap water resources of factories or foundries, purified, and in the PH test, Cestbon water quality is acidic, which does not add any minerals, that is to say, Cestbon and Wahaha pure water, are pure water, but the difference is that Cestbon is not as pure as Wahaha. However, this does not mean that there is a problem with the water quality of Cestbon, but the degree of purification is different, in fact, as long as it meets the national drinking water safety and health standards, it can be drunk with confidence.
Sixth, ice dew
Ice dew is a drinking water owned by Coca-Cola, the price is relatively cheap, one yuan a bottle, and two drinking water are also made, which are pure water and mineral water.
Among them, the green cover is pure water, the water source is from Shanghai Qingcaosha Reservoir, which is also the source of tap water, and then formed by filtration and purification, which belongs to pure water with Wahaha and Cestbon.
The blue lid is mineral water, which is the same as Master Kong mineral water, which is based on pure water, and adds potassium chloride and magnesium sulfate to make mineral water, but it needs to be clear that it is not mineral water.
- Lao Jing said -
In fact, what water to drink, as long as it is clean, has no effect on human health, even if it is mineral water, it is impossible to get sufficient nutrition from water, the content is too low.
Pay attention to the label when buying water, bottled drinking water usually indicates the attributes of the water source and water quality on the packaging, now people are pursuing natural water quality, if the water source is natural, the business will basically clearly mark, after all, the natural water source is a big selling point, if it is not indicated, it can be determined that the tap water is purified, and the price will be relatively cheap.