Country | Germany |
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Source | Gerolstein |
Type | sparkling |
pH | 5.9 to 6.0 |
Bromine (Br2) | 0.12 |
Calcium (Ca) | 348 |
Chloride (Cl−) | 39.7 |
Bicarbonate (HCO3) | 1816 |
Fluoride (Fl) | 0.21 |
Lithium (Li) | 0.13 |
Manganese (Mn) | 0.39 |
Magnesium (Mg) | 108 |
Nitrate (NO3) | 5.1 |
Potassium (K) | 10.8 |
Silica (SiO2) | 40.2 |
Sodium (Na) | 118 |
Strontium (Sr2) | 2.9 |
Sulfates (SO4) | 38.3 |
TDS | 2488 |
Website | gerolsteiner.de |
All values in milligrams per liter (mg/l) |
Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG (Gerolsteiner) is a leading German mineral water firm with its seat in Gerolstein in the Eifel mountains. It is well known for its Gerolsteiner Sprudel brand, a bottled, naturally carbonated mineral water. This water, in addition to hydrogen and oxygen (H2O) and carbon (in the carbon dioxide (CO2) carbonation), contains at least the following chemical elements in amounts of 100 or more micrograms per liter: bromine, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, lithium, magnesium, manganese, nitrogen, potassium, silicon, sodium, strontium, and sulfur. The strontium is naturally occurring, not the radioactive strontium-90. Gerolsteiner was also the chief sponsor of a cycling team, Team Gerolsteiner.
On January 1, 1888, the mine manager Wilhelm Castendyck founded the firm Gerolsteiner Sprudel as a GmbH in Gerolstein. In the same year, the first well was drilled. In November 1888, the water became a sort of official water of the city and became popular because of its high amount of natural carbonic acid. In 1889 its star and lion symbol was trademarked. Already in 1895, the water had been exported to Australia.