How Does the Fizz Get into Mineral Water?

Not Every Water Is the Same

First of all it has to be said that there are all kinds of potable water: mineral water, medicinal water, spring water, table water, and tap water. In Germany alone, there are about 650 different sorts of mineral water.

How Is Mineral Water Created?

The rainwater seeps into the ground and thereby flows through layers of gravel, pebble and sand. During that journey, it is not only filtered and cleaned, but also enriched with different minerals and trace elements from the rocks.

What Does Mineral Water Contain?

These minerals and trace elements are vital substances for humans, just like vitamins. As our body is not able to produce them itself, we have to take them in with our food in sufficient quantities. Mineral water contains many of these important minerals and trace elements.

How does the fizz get into the water, then?

During its journey through the layers of rock, the rainwater not only dissolves minerals and trace elements, but carbonic acid as well. When the carbonic acid comes into contact with water, a gas (carbon dioxide) is formed. That gas is contained in mineral water as tiny bubbles. Sometimes the carbonic acid is added to the mineral water on purpose. When you open a bottle of mineral water, the gas escapes with a fizz.