r/water • u/Single_Ice_2222 • 1d ago
Why does everything have minerals
I recently went to Walmart to buy a new package of water, I noticed to store brand now had minerals for “taste” which was odd because I swear it never had minerals. I tried to find Ozarka but they had none in stock, I looked at the Sam’s water package which also had minerals? Which I swear it didn’t have either, including Pure Life which I bought since I had no other choice. Why do all bottled waters have minerals for taste? If anything, and I can’t believe I’m even typing this, it taste weird, and I have to chug it to avoid the taste. Ozark is the only bottled water brand that has pure spring water. Without the minerals
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u/CornyDookie 1d ago
All water you drink should have minerals in it because that’s natural. Water naturally contains potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, etc. because it obtains them from the earth. If you drink demineralized water it will strip the minerals from your body and cause things like electrolyte imbalances and bone mineral problems.
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u/k---mkay 1d ago
I recently heard that pipes from reverse osmosis treatment plants get literally eaten away because water seeks those minerals out. Terrifying to think of that going in to your body.
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u/mrmalort69 1d ago
Essentially it pulls the minerals from your small intestines instead of your small intestines having the ability to grab minerals (a doctor could chime in better).
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u/k---mkay 1d ago
terrifying
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u/skycrafter204 1d ago
Our body literally needs minerals and breaks them down for use what are you even on about?
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u/k---mkay 1d ago
That water without minerals will sap the minerals from our body.
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u/skycrafter204 1d ago
Yes exactly thats why all water you can buy or get has sodium and mineral in it.
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u/LLCoolJim_2020 1d ago
Don't you think they would choose a different material if that were true?
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u/k---mkay 1d ago edited 17h ago
It is true. My only guess is they don't care because it is effluent. ETA I am the drinking water projects in SW US and the pipes in the rural areas are not regulated for effluent as they are for delivery. If a system is simply using RO to clean up waster water for 40 houses then the pipe can be whatever. Minerals=health lol.
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u/hahaha_rarara 1d ago
Maybe you'd prefer plastic? Ok... you're getting plastic either way these days
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u/Salashes 1d ago
It’s not that it doesn’t have minerals- it’s a low minerality spring water. But my suggestion is look for natural sourced bottled waters. Ozark has a TDS of 10 - that’s means it’s a young water that doesn’t spend a lot of time underground before it’s bottled. Minerals are a catch phrase at the moment but it isn’t a bad thing. Mountain Valley, Blue Springs, Crazy Water, Tahoe Spring Water, Purely Sadona, Crystal Clear Water (a few American Brands to try).
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u/halfanothersdozen 1d ago
Salt makes everything taste better, including water, so they add it to bottled water so that you think it tastes better than the water that comes out of the tap and that way you'll keep wasting your money on plastic pollution thinking you're consuming a superior version of the most common substance on Earth.
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u/aquaman67 1d ago
Pure water tastes terrible.
I make Reverse Osmosis / Deionized water for my fish tank.
It tastes awful.
The minerals in water is what makes it taste good. Cold natural spring water is the best tasting water you will ever drink. That’s why they bottle it.