Survey of the chemical composition of 571 European bottled mineral waters

Discrimination of mineral waters by electronic tongue, sensory evaluation and chemical analysis

“…The natural variation could have been quite large among samples considering some major elements. A factor analysis study confirmed that the distribution of certain groups of elements mainly reflects the geological patterns (Bertoldi et al, 2011). Similar results were found by Bityukova and Petersell (2010) when analysing five commercial bottled water brands of Estonia: the difference in chemical composition of the bottled waters is linked to host rocks' geology in the studied area.…”

Comparative study between bottled mineral and tap water in Italy

“…Previous investigations of bottled mineral water composition at various spatial levels (local, national, continental, worldwide), using different analytical methods, are from Birke et al (2010a), Güler and Alpaslan (2009), Krachler and Shotyk (2009), Lau and Luk (2002), Misund et al (1999), Naddeo et al (2008), Reimann and Birke (2010), Rosborg et al (2005) and Smedley (2010) and also included the work of Bertoldi et al (2011), whereas studies devoted to tap water are more limited (Avino et al, 2010;Flaten, 1991;Reimann et al, 2003). The latter are focused on the effects of the distribution system on drinking water quality Völker et al, 2010) or compare the two types of water (Cidu et al, 2011;Reimann and Birke, 2010).…”

Fluoruro en aguas minerales naturales envasadas en España y prevención de la caries dental

“…En Alemania un 5% (25 de 502 AMN analizadas) contienen más de 1,5 mg/L 21 y en el estudio de Portugal 22 , de 39 AMN estudiadas hay 12 (31%) que contienen más de 1,5 mg/L. Esta dispersión de concentraciones se pone de manifiesto en un amplio estudio de AMN que incluyó varios países europeos 24 . En España, las escasas referencias previas sobre análisis de flúor en AMN destacaban algunas aguas con más de 5 mg/L 6,7 .…”