Similarities between bottled water and Premium water
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https://doi.org/10.21701/bolgeomin.131.4.012Keywords:
mineral water, bottled water, “premium water”, hydrochemical compositionAbstract
There has been an increase in the consumption of mineral water and the creation of new national and international brands in recent decades. Traditionally the origin of bottled water has been ground water, now it is possible to find water from icebergs, glaciers, rain, etc. There is a wide range of prices, some of which are restricted to social minorities who can afford to pay for them. These waters are known as “premium” waters. The question that arises is whether there exists, in terms of physicochemical composition, an economic justification for some of the existing brands; or if the price corresponds to an important of marketing job, advertising or the exoticness of the origin. Statistical methods have used to try to answer this question.
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