Is Perrier Water Naturally Carbonated?

I’ve been focusing so much on sodas lately and it got me thinking about alternative carbonated beverages or sugary sodas.

In doing my research I came across Perrier water and I wondered whether the water is naturally carbonated.

Although, the spring where Perrier sources its water is naturally carbonated. it has a refreshing taste.

Perrier collects the carbon dioxide gas and the plain water separately and then recombines them when they bottle it.

There’s a range of differences between the different kinds of sparkling water, so below I’ll explain what they are, how they differ, and also some interesting facts about Perrier and other sparkling water.

What is Perrier?

It is a French product of natural bottled mineral water sourced from Vergèze.

Perrier was a subsidiary of the Perrier Vittel Group SA, which was acquired by Nestlé in 1992 and became Nestlé Waters France.

For over 150 years, PERRIER Carbonated Mineral Water has pleased generations of beverage enthusiasts with its combination of bubbles and balanced mineral content.

It’s also a terrific sugar-free and calorie-free alternative to carbonated soft drinks or delicious drinks.

Is Perrier water naturally sparkling?

It’s technically not sparkling, and this news article from 1990 showed that Perrier changed the wording on their label based on a request from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Their label used to say ‘naturally sparkling’.

Now, it says ‘sparkling natural water’.

As you may be aware, sparkling water, soda water, natural mineral water, bubbly waters, club soda, sugary drink, tonic water, fizzy water, water with gas, and seltzer water are all names for the same thing – carbonated water, carbonated drinks, alcoholic beverages or sugary beverages.

I’ll explain the differences further below.

There have been some concerns raised about carbonated water being bad for your bones, and also being bad for your teeth. Although, The natural spring water is very good for heart health and bone health.

But, it has been shown to harm your bones according to the Harvard Medical School.

For the study, they compared nutrient levels in people’s bodies after 2 months of drinking 1 liter (1 quart) of soda water a day.

And compared that to the levels of people who didn’t drink any soda water, Carbonated beverages, or sugary drinks.

And they found no significant difference.

Regarding Perrier or other carbonated drinks are bad for your teeth.

In 2018, the American Dental Association has advised that carbonated water is not bad for your teeth in any way.

Some people have found that carbonated water green bottles can help with an upset stomach.

However, this is unique to each individual person and isn’t a claim to fame for carbonated water in 

Seltzer water (artificial mineral water) can be said to be more interesting to drink than regular water, but most people would agree that it’s harder to drink than regular water because it’s fizzy.

The differences between the different kinds of carbonated water or Carbonated Mineral Water are explained below:

Seltzer

Seltzer is standing water that has been carbonated.

It doesn’t necessarily come from a spring unless they say on the bottle of bottled water.

Sparkling Water

Sparkling water is water that has been sourced straight from a natural spring with delicious flavors.

If there is volcanic activity nearby the spring, it can cause the water to be naturally carbonated.

Sparkling water is another name for mineral water – water from a spring – that is carbonated.

However, it’s a loose term and mineral water that has been carbonated after it has been collected can be called sparkling water too.

Club Soda

Club soda is carbonated water that has different ingredients added.

Common ingredients that are added are:

• Sodium chloride
• Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
• Disodium phosphate
• Potassium sulfate

These give club soda a slightly saltier, and fizzier taste compared to the other carbonated waters.

Tonic Water

Tonic water is carbonated water or a refreshing drink with added quinine with no mineral content.

Quinine is thought to have positive health effects, according to this study.

And is an antimalarial – used to treat malaria and related diseases in the opinion of Drugs.com.

As you may be aware tonic water is a very popular mixer in alcoholic drinks (alcoholic beverage).

In these details provided by Drugs.com, Quinine was used as a treatment for malaria but currently is not considered to prevent malaria.

It’s typically taken orally in capsule form multiple times a day for treatment.

This is a very tiny amount, and as yet there are known negative effects of drinking carbonated water.

Therefore, Perrier can count as a regular water plastic bottle, much like herbal tea, or water with a squeeze of lemon or lime juice.

The way I reached 0.5% of a teaspoon is using the below calculation.

0.22% carbonic acid per 100mL = 0.02g of carbonic acid per 100mL

4 g of carbonic acid = 1 teaspoon

0.02g divided by 4g = 0.5%

Therefore the amount of carbonic acid in 100 mL of Perrier or other carbonated water is 0.5% of a teaspoon.

According to a popular mineral water brand Gerolsteiner water that’s naturally carbonated occurs close by areas that had strong volcanic activity in the past.

And even though it’s carbonated, the CO2 gas is removed and added again during bottling.

This makes it possible to produce different levels of fizz in fizzy drinks and to make all of the bottles have the same level of fizz.

That way customers will always get the same sparkling water each time.

The carbonic acid in sparkling water gives it a slightly bitter taste, compared to regular water as I explained in Why Does Sparkling Water Taste Bitter? article.

And you may be wondering how healthy San Pellegrino is, for the full details see here; Is San Pellegrino Healthy? to read how healthy it is based on my research.

Perrier is naturally carbonated, however, the CO2 gas is removed from the water and then added again during bottling.

Therefore, it’s not technically naturally carbonated.

Drinking carbonated water such as Perrier is almost exactly the same as drinking water because carbonated water glass bottle contains next to no nutrients, other than a small amount of calcium and carbonic acid.

There are different kinds of carbonated water such as tonic water, sparkling water, and seltzer.

Perrier water is considered sparkling water.

However, it is better than soft drinks.

Most tonic water glass bottles contain added quinine, and Perrier does not contain any added quinine.