Guest guest Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hey Anita, I spend quite a lot of time examining labels on water bottles (my daughter always moves to the next aisle discretely after telling me please to start behaving like a normal person LOL). All the waters here in the UK are VERY low in sulphate, around 6 mg/litre Most of the Italian and French water are very high in sulphate, particularly Pellegrino, well over 100 mg/litre. I treat myself to a bottle of S.P every now and then and pretend I am drinking a good bottle of wine :-)) Funny thing though...the Italian and French waters I have seen here are much lower in sulphate than their counterparts in their host countries... I think the sulphate factor is one of the most important benefits in drinking bottled water as it's difficult to get this easily elsewhere unless you wolf down epsom salts everyday. The other component is bicarbonate and again the Italian water has this in abundance. I think it's the bicarb that puts a lot of North Americans off. I couldnt stand fizzy water when I first came over. Drinking it would make me homesick right away...wahhh I wanna go home to my own water tap!!LOL The Dutch biochemist, who analyzed my daughters labs, recommended San Pellegrino to me for the sulphate. Be aware though that the gut will not absorb the sulphate 100 per cent and I cannot remember to what degree it does. However sulphate in any form is most welcome however you get it. If you prefer the British waters I would say the Sparkling Springs water bottled by Co-op which has 46 mg/litre is the next best thing..... Cheers, Anita schrieb: > > , > > While we're talking liquids, do you know anything about Highland Spring > sparkling water? I generally order the San Pellegrino but Tesco sent > this instead. I actually like the taste better and it's cheaper--the > label looks good to me but you know much more about this stuff. It's > from Scotland, and so far all my dealings with exports from Scotland > (Caroline and oats!) have been wonderful :-) > > Anita > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1343 - Release Date: 25/03/2008 19:17 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hi, I've been buying Vittel from the local supermarket - it's French and has a sulphate of 105mg/litre. HTH PatienceJULIE GRIFFITHS wrote: Hey Anita,I spend quite a lot of time examining labels on water bottles (my daughter always moves to the next aisle discretely after telling me please to start behaving like a normal person LOL). All the waters here in the UK are VERY low in sulphate, around 6 mg/litre Most of the Italian and French water are very high in sulphate, particularly Pellegrino, well over 100 mg/litre. I treat myself to a bottle of S.P every now and then and pretend I am drinking a good bottle of wine :-))Funny thing though...the Italian and French waters I have seen here are much lower in sulphate than their counterparts in their host countries...I think the sulphate factor is one of the most important benefits in drinking bottled water as it's difficult to get this easily elsewhere unless you wolf down epsom salts everyday. The other component is bicarbonate and again the Italian water has this in abundance. I think it's the bicarb that puts a lot of North Americans off. I couldnt stand fizzy water when I first came over. Drinking it would make me homesick right away...wahhh I wanna go home to my own water tap!!LOLThe Dutch biochemist, who analyzed my daughters labs, recommended San Pellegrino to me for the sulphate. Be aware though that the gut will not absorb the sulphate 100 per cent and I cannot remember to what degree it does. However sulphate in any form is most welcome however you get it.If you prefer the British waters I would say the Sparkling Springs water bottled by Co-op which has 46 mg/litre is the next best thing.....Cheers,Anita schrieb:>> ,>> While we're talking liquids, do you know anything about Highland Spring> sparkling water? I generally order the San Pellegrino but Tesco sent> this instead. I actually like the taste better and it's cheaper--the> label looks good to me but you know much more about this stuff. It's> from Scotland, and so far all my dealings with exports from Scotland> (Caroline and oats!) have been wonderful :-)>> Anita>> > ---------------------------------------------------------->> No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1343 - Release Date: 25/03/2008 19:17> Sent from Yahoo! Mail. More Ways to Keep in Touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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