Bottled Water Sources by Brand

Spring, mineral, purified and artesian — where the world's most popular bottled water brands actually come from, side by side.

Spring Water

Flows naturally from an underground source to the surface and is bottled at the spring. Mineral content varies with geology.

Poland Spring Highland Spring Harrogate Spring Blue Keld Acqua Panna Spa Icelandic Glacial Mountain Valley Saratoga Liquid Death Waiakea Zephyrhills Deer Park

Natural Mineral Water

Drawn from a protected underground source with a stable, characteristic mineral composition. Cannot be treated to alter that composition.

San Pellegrino Evian Volvic Gerolsteiner Perrier Vittel Contrex Badoit Buxton Vichy Catalan Apollinaris Ferrarelle Solan de Cabras Lanjarón Topo Chico Borjomi

Artesian Water

Comes from a confined aquifer where natural pressure pushes the water above the top of the aquifer when tapped.

Fiji Voss Antipodes

Purified Water

Municipal or other source water processed by reverse osmosis, distillation or deionization. Minerals may be re-added for taste.

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Brand	Source	Country	Type	pH	TDS
San Pellegrino	San Pellegrino Terme, Lombardy	Italy	Mineral	7.7	854
Poland Spring	Multiple springs across Maine	USA	Spring	7	47
Highland Spring	Ochil Hills, Perthshire	Scotland	Spring	7.8	220
Harrogate Spring	Harlow Hill, North Yorkshire	England	Spring	7.6	220
Blue Keld	Wolds, East Yorkshire	England	Spring	7.4	320
Evian	Cachat Spring, French Alps	France	Mineral	7.2	357
Volvic	Auvergne volcanic park, France	France	Mineral	7	130
Fiji	Yaqara Valley artesian aquifer, Viti Levu	Fiji	Artesian	7.89	220
Voss	Artesian aquifer in Iveland, southern Norway	Norway	Artesian	6.4	44
Gerolsteiner	Volcanic Eifel region	Germany	Mineral	5.9	2500
Perrier	Les Bouillens spring, Vergèze	France	Mineral	5.5	475
Acqua Panna	Villa Panna estate, Tuscany	Italy	Spring	8	138
Vittel	Grande Source, Vittel, Vosges	France	Mineral	7.5	1084
Contrex	Contrexéville, Vosges	France	Mineral	7.4	2078
Badoit	Saint-Galmier, Loire	France	Mineral	6	1200
Buxton	Buxton, Derbyshire	England	Mineral	7.4	280
Spa	Spa, Ardennes forest	Belgium	Spring	6	33
Vichy Catalan	Caldes de Malavella, Catalonia	Spain	Mineral	7	3052
Icelandic Glacial	Ölfus Spring, southwest Iceland	Iceland	Spring	8.4	70
Mountain Valley	Hot Springs, Arkansas	USA	Spring	7.8	220
Saratoga	Saratoga Springs, New York	USA	Spring	6.1	100
Liquid Death	Austrian Alps	Austria	Spring	7.9	260
Waiakea	Mauna Loa volcano, Hawai'i	USA	Spring	8.2	95
Antipodes	Whakatāne artesian aquifer, Bay of Plenty	New Zealand	Artesian	8	130
Apollinaris	Bad Neuenahr, Ahr Valley	Germany	Mineral	6	2650
Ferrarelle	Riardo, Campania	Italy	Mineral	6.2	1346
Solan de Cabras	Beteta, Cuenca	Spain	Mineral	7.6	257
Lanjarón	Sierra Nevada, Andalusia	Spain	Mineral	7.6	134
Zephyrhills	Crystal Springs and Cypress Springs, Florida	USA	Spring	7.4	130
Deer Park	15+ protected springs, Eastern US	USA	Spring	7.4	120
Topo Chico	Cerro del Topo Chico, Monterrey	Mexico	Mineral	6.5	728
Borjomi	Borjomi Gorge, volcanic springs	Georgia	Mineral	8	6000

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between spring water and mineral water?

Both come from underground sources, but mineral water must have a stable, characterized mineral composition and is bottled at source with no treatment that changes that composition. Spring water has fewer compositional requirements.

Is artesian water better than spring water?

Not inherently. Artesian water simply comes from a confined aquifer under natural pressure. Quality and mineral content depend on the specific source, not the classification.

Is purified bottled water the same as tap water?

It often starts as municipal water but is then processed via reverse osmosis or distillation to remove minerals and contaminants. Some brands re-add minerals for taste.

Which bottled water has the purest source?

Brands like Icelandic Glacial, Voss, Spa and Fiji draw from protected aquifers and consistently rank among the cleanest tested commercial waters.