Russian system quality (Roskachestvo) conducted a study of another group of products and made a rating of bottled water. To do this, the organization's specialists purchased about 60 samples of non-carbonated water of various trademarks Russian and foreign production (Armenia, Georgia, Italy, Norway, Finland, France). At the same time, three types of water took part in the study - the first category, the highest category and mineral. As a result, it turned out that 15.5% / 9 samples can receive the Distinguished Quality Mark, 63.8% / 37 samples can simply be called quality goods, and 20.7% / 12 samples fall short of this title.
Rating bottled water, the most significant violations of experts Roskachestvo found in mineral water brands Arkhyz, Elbrus And Biovita. In the studied samples, it turned out to be too a large number of microorganisms that theoretically can have a negative impact on the human body. At the same time, the researchers noted that this problem may be caused by violations of the rules of transportation or storage conditions.
As for the remaining nine copies included in the rating of bottled water, the violations in them mainly concerned the discrepancy between the labeling and the actual composition. And most of all, water producers of the highest category distinguished themselves here, to which higher requirements for content are applied. Among them was the water of the Italian brand norda, Armenian Aparan and Russian Dixie, Glavvoda, Alive key, BabyIdeal, Courtois, Demidovskaya Suite. Also in this list there is one brand that produces water of the first category - Uleimskaya.
The best specimens included in the rating of bottled water were the French mineral Evian and Russian aquanics, water of the highest category Volzhanka, Simple good And Arctic, as well as representatives of the first category Bon Aqua, Lipetsk pump room, Novoterskaya And ABOUT! Our family. All these brands are representatives Roskachestvo described as having a safe chemical composition, not polluted and not chlorinated, microbiologically safe and rich in macro / microelements, having normal hardness and mineralization level.
By the way, bottled water rating and research Roskachestvo debunked the consumer myth about the frequent presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, nitrites and toxic elements in water - they were not found in any sample.
And finally important information- New York University did a study and found out that . Roskachestvo apparently doesn't know it yet.
More and more people Lately use bottled water for drinking and cooking. The reason is that in some regions the quality of water from the tap leaves much to be desired, and in others people are worried about the dangers of chlorine and possible impurities. Bottled water is now widely available - it is supplied to Russian counters by about 700 manufacturers.
However, this great diversity also causes problems. The risk of acquiring a fake, low quality product increases.
Drinking bottled water rating: how to understand
Before analyzing the offers of different manufacturers, it is necessary to understand that three main types are sold in bottles drinking water: simple purified, natural mineral and artificial .
Purified water is just fresh water. Free from any harmful impurities. It is used for regular application and cooking. Mineral water is divided into table, medical-table and medicinal.
Medicinal water is not intended for regular drinking. It is used as prescribed by a doctor in limited quantities. Its most famous species in Russia are Lysogorskaya, Essentuki-17.
Therapeutic-table water differs from the therapeutic lower concentration of minerals. The most famous brands are of Georgian origin: Narzan, Borjomi, Essentuki-4. But it is also better not to abuse these waters.
Table mineral water can be drunk regularly, because the concentration of salts in it is very low. Its most famous brands are "Sarova" and "Silver Dew".
Plain purified water is produced by many companies. The most common are "Holy Spring", "Bon Aqua", "Aqua Minerale".
Within each group, you can also form a rating of bottled water.
The best bottled drinking water: ranking
Among all the manufacturers of medicinal and table table mineral and purified waters, Georgian ones are now in the lead. However, domestic firms also occupy a worthy place there.
- "Holy spring"
- "Borjomi"
- "Narzan"
- "Santalovsky source"
- Bon Aqua.
However, not all manufacturers that are not included in this top five are not trustworthy. The following companies are in the middle of the bottled water rating:
- GG&MW Co. N.V (from Borjomi);
- Nestle Waters (from the Holy Spring);
- "Kavminvody".
- OAO NPO "ULANSKAYA"
There are the last ones on the list, which should hardly be preferred by those who really care about health:
- Beeba firm;
- Ulanskaya water
- "Mercury";
- "Avka";
- "Raif source".
Fake bottled water rating
It is clear that dishonest manufacturers who have nothing to do with reputable firms often try to "cling" to the leaders. A fake can be recognized if you shop carefully.
Suspicions should be caused by a sloppy bottle and label. Reputable companies that hold first place in the ranking of drinking bottled water care about aesthetics.
You should also read the information on the label. If it is very small, this is a reason for suspicion, especially if we are talking about mineral water.
Finally, it is better to buy water in large shopping malls. They make purchases in large quantities and deal only with trusted sellers.
Sometimes you can contact the laboratory for quality control.
If you use the available information on the rating of bottled water and follow simple rules protection against fakes, you can not be afraid that water will do harm.
It is known that for proper metabolism and normal functioning of the body, an adult should drink 2 to 3 liters of water per day. Information about the quality of tap water completely discourages the desire to comply with this recommendation, so more and more Russians prefer bottled water.
19 liters of health
Do right choice among companies offering bottled water, it is not so easy. Manufacturers compete fiercely with each other, so they often go for marketing ploys. Under a beautiful label, ordinary tap water that has undergone a deep cleaning process is often hidden. If there is no information about the origin of water, then most likely the water is not natural, and the required content of trace elements and minerals is achieved by technologies using various physical and chemical methods.
Dozens of companies engaged in the production and sale of bottled water operate on the St. Petersburg market. Prices vary in a very wide range - from 150 rubles / bottle (drinking water "Sosnovskaya Tsaritsa") to 610 rubles / bottle (water "Key Premium", Polyustrovo). It should be understood that cheap water, as a rule, is purified tap water. And for example, artesian physiologically complete drinking water "Aqualine Natural Premium" in a high-quality polycarbonate container costs only 250 rubles per bottle. For an objective rating water in St. Petersburg in bottles, reliable data is needed based on the results of independent examinations, which are carried out either at the request of the manufacturer or on consumer complaints, therefore, for most brands, such information is simply not available. However, on thematic forums and review sites, you can find a lot of useful information, on the basis of which to form a consumer rating of water in bottles of 19 liters.
Taking into account the price ratio, service, information content of the label and the number of reviews, the TOP-5 rating of drinking water in St. Petersburg is as follows*:
- Artesian water Aqualine
- Mineral water Arkhyz
- Drinking water of deep cleaning Nestle
- Artesian water Spring Land
- Water Rosinka Polyustrovo
The quality of water in bottles of 19 liters is significantly affected by the process of preparation and washing of containers. No matter how clean the water from an artesian well is, poor-quality processing of returnable containers can cause serious microbiological contamination. And the key factor in this matter is the container itself, or rather the material from which it is made. The most common due to its low cost is PET packaging (if the container is dark blue, then it is definitely PET). But the best option is a container made of polycarbonate (an artificial substitute for glass). Polycarbonate packaging is many times more expensive than PET, but it is absolutely safe and able to withstand the most thorough sanitization, unlike PET packaging, which loses its consumer properties after just a few turns.
The systematic long-term use of drinking water, the composition of which differs significantly from the recommended one, increases the risk of the onset and progression of certain diseases. The most useful with optimal indicators of general mineralization, hardness and microelement content, which ensures the stability of the water-salt balance in the body and the normal functioning of organs and systems.
* Important:The information is current at the time of publication and is subject to change as new information becomes available.
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Sales of bottled water are growing every year. Many people buy bottled water not only in hot weather outside, but also for daily use at home. How not to make a mistake with the choice? Roskontrol experts selected 12 popular brands of drinking and mineral water at prices ranging from 20 to 150 rubles (6,000 to 44,500 Belarusian rubles) per liter and conducted laboratory tests to find out which water is safe and of good quality.
For the examination, bottled water was purchased from Shishkin Les, Bonaqua, Holy Spring, Evian, Lipetsk Buvet, Cristaline, Vittel, Just ABC, Nestle Pure Life, Aparan, Aqua Minerale, D (Dixie ").
1st place. Water "D" ("Dixie") non-carbonated drinking water. Price from 12 Russian rubles (3550 Belarusian) per liter. The number of points scored is 86.
Water, which is produced in the Nizhny Novgorod region by order trading network"Dixie", recognized by experts as the most useful. She has an ideal composition for the content of micro and macro elements.
2nd place. Vittel mineral still. Price from 63 Russian rubles per liter (18,700). The number of points is 72.
Mineral water Vittel produced in France, according to the results of the examination, is recognized as natural and safe. Its disadvantages include the low content of fluorine.
3rd place. Evian mineral still. Price from 84 Russian rubles per liter (25,000). The number of points is 71.
Evian water meets all safety requirements - microbes, nitrates and other harmful components were not found in it. But there are more useful elements - calcium and magnesium - than in other tested samples.
4th place."Lipetsk buvet" non-carbonated drinking. Price from 16 Russian rubles (4700). Number of points - 66.
This water turned out to be the most delicious among the tested samples. But according to the results of laboratory tests, Lipetsk Buvet is far from being the leader: in terms of total mineralization and fluorine content, the water falls short of the norm of physiological usefulness.
5th place. Aqua Minerale drinking non-carbonated. Price from 32 Russian rubles (9450). Number of points - 61.
6th place. Nestle Pure Life drinking non-carbonated. Price from 25 Russian rubles (7400). Number of points - 59.
On the label of Nestle water it is indicated that it is highly purified water. Indeed, it was well cleaned of harmful substances, but, unfortunately, during cleaning, there were much fewer useful elements in it.
7th place."Prosto azbuka" non-carbonated drinking. Price from 14 Russian rubles (4150). Gets blacklisted.
The beautiful words on the label of this water - "purest water", "ideal for cooking", "does not form scale" - turned out to be only partially true. There will indeed be little scale from this water: there is too little calcium and magnesium in it, but you definitely cannot call it the purest: the number of microbes in this water exceeds the norm by 70 times.
8th place."Shishkin Les" drinking non-carbonated. Price from 17 Russian rubles (5000). The sample is blacklisted for defrauding consumers.
Water "Shishkin Les" does not correspond to the first category indicated on the label in terms of the content of macronutrients. It is safe for occasional use, but if you drink it every day, it can be harmful to your health.
9th place. Bonaqua drinking non-carbonated. Price from 23 Russian rubles (6800). Gets blacklisted.
Drinking water under the Bonaqua brand does not meet safety requirements: the examination showed that the source of water supply from which it is obtained could be contaminated with sewage.
Bonaqua, which was studied, was bottled at the Moscow plant of the Coca-Cola Company. The content of nitrates and nitrites, permanganate oxidizability are indeed indirect indicators of organic pollution of the water supply source.
10th place. Cristaline drinking non-carbonated. Price from 40 Russian rubles (11,850). Blacklisted.
Numerous violations of the requirements for water of the highest category were revealed in the sample. The complex indicator of toxicity (the sum of nitrates and nitrites) is 40 times higher.
11th place. Aparan drinking non-carbonated. Price from 49 Russian rubles (14,500). Gets blacklisted.
“Any water goes through a preparation stage before packaging. There are many technologies for water purification - depending on the initial quality of water. The only requirement is that chlorine must not be used to disinfect water intended for bottling. If the water is initially close to ideal and only a few elements are exceeded, simple filters are used.
The most common technology is reverse osmosis. It allows you to get sterile, perfectly clean water - special membrane filters trap all impurities, guaranteeing a stable quality of purified water. But here the opposite effect also arises - unfortunately, with too thorough cleaning, water is deprived of not only harmful, but also useful substances. By its properties, such water approaches distilled water.
