Carbonated Mineral Water

on Friday, May 09, 2008

Is Perrier Naturally Carbonated?

One of the frequently asked questions of Perrier is, “Is it naturally carbonated.”

Perrier responds: “One of Perrier's most distinguishing attributes is its carbonation, which comes from a naturally occurring source found deep beneath the spring.

This begins as volcanic gases, trapped within the geologic strata. Originally, these natural gases met and mingled together with the spring underground, rising at a constant pressure and temperature (60 degrees Fahrenheit).

Up through the last century, in fact, they formed a cool, bubbling pool ("Les Bouillens") in which locals and health-seekers often bathed. “A desire for consistency, plus Perrier's growing public demand as an international beverage, led French scientists to devise a more efficient means to capture the water's perfect balance of minerals and carbonation in the bottling process.

Both the water and natural carbonic gas are now captured independently. They come from isolated points at different depths, within the same geologic formation. Before they come together for bottling, a filter is used to remove any natural impurities in the gas. “Once combined in the bottling process, the level of carbonation found in a Perrier bottle is exactly as it is at the spring.”

So F.D. that is how your favourite drink is carbonated! Enjoy it...

3 comments:

faizaldardin said...

how lucky some of us laa ... drinking perrier bought from non-other that PARIS ... I sendiri tak tergamak nak minum perrier .. he he

On the contrary, while I was in Accra, I remembered people there were drinking water packed in plastic and our Duta told me don't buy that water bcoz I might feel sick drinking it. It was their sort of mineral water ... maybe air dia tak carbonated kot!

faizaldardin said...

aiseh, silap-silap! my earlier comments should be at the earlier posting ...

apara!

Fazy said...

hahaha...at least it made my old man happy..kah kah kah