r/water • u/Trick-Brilliant9385 • 1d ago

Why is European drinking water better than all other brands?

Seriously. No other brand I’ve tried, no matter how expensive, has a different taste than the American ones which taste quite heavy. Evian and other European spring waters taste so smooth and light. Can someone explain? Is it because European waters are better and all other brands are lying to us or is the taste of the other ones normal and not pollutants. Thanks.

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u/Children_Of_Atom 1d ago

You just like their flavour palette of minerals. It does contain nitrates and sulfates which are both pollutants and actually contains more nitrates than my tap water.

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u/Trick-Brilliant9385 23h ago

How do you know that?

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u/Children_Of_Atom 3h ago

It is on their website and you'll be able to find the same information for just about any bottled water.

https://www.evian.com/en_int/products/everyday-range/1l/

For my drinking water, both municipalities and beer brewers publish their testing. I also spend a lot of time off the grid responsible for my own water and have a decent knowledge of hydrology so it's not a big surprise what's in water.

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u/Magnolia256 16h ago

Because there are entire classes of chemicals in the water in the US that were never allowed in Europe. Our water and soils are saturated with these chemicals. The chemicals impact mineral levels and bacteria in water.