Testing the pH of Bottled Water

I am not completely against bottled water – it serves a purpose at times. But bottled water isn’t nearly as good for you as their big marketing firms would have you believe. I have talked about the environmental impact water bottles have here, but today we are going to talk about the pH levels of 20 different brands of bottled water.  

Bottled Water

Of the 20 brands, a whopping 13 of them were too acidic for healthy, every day consumption. Here’s how they broke down:

Wal-Mart distilled water – 5

Wal-Mart drinking water – 4.5

Wal-Mart spring water – 7

Gerber Pure water – 6.5

Nestle Pure Life – 6.5

Ice Mountain – 6

Smart Water – 6

Aquafina – 5

Evian – 7

Essentia – 9

Function Water – 6.5

Super Chill 7.5

Absopure – 7.5

Fiji – 7

Evamore – 8

Penta – 4

Poland Spring Water – 5.8

Dasani – 4.5

Voss – 6

Eternal – 7

Here is the video I made showing the testing each of these brands of water.

Reasons I Avoid Bottled Water

 1.      The petroleum-based bottles have been shown to leach chemicals into the water.                            

 2.      So few bottles of water are recycled and billions end up in the landfill annually.                             

 3.  It has been estimated that it takes the equivalent of 17 million barrels of oil to manufacture the bottles used annually, which doesn’t include transportation to distribute the bottles. It also takes 3 times the water than it does for each bottle. So a 20 ounce bottle of water requires 60 ounces of water to produce, which includes the water it takes to fill the bottle.

I highly recommend getting an electric water ionizer or minimally the WellBlue water pitcher. Both will give you alkaline water that is very healthy for you and your family.