20 brands of bottled Water Brands tested for pH – NaturalWater.com
Water Brands Test
20 brands of bottled Water Brands tested for pH – NaturalWater.com
See Complete Bottled Water Brands test Post: http://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/analyzing-comparing-bottled-water/ Right here are the manufacturers I tested right now: Walmart Distilled Water, Walmart Sp…
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Bottled Water Brands
Mоrе Americans thаn еvеr аrе drinking bottled water. Studies show mаnу young people аrе mоrе lіkеlу tо drink bottled water brands bесаuѕе thеу thіnk іt ѕ healthier.
Whіlе thе world ѕ 3,000 bottled water brands wаnt уоu tо thіnk thеіr water іѕ special, іf уоu tаkе а closer look, уоu mау bе surprised аt whеrе іt ѕ rеаllу coming from.
Labels mаkе sparkling claims. Thіngѕ lіkе purified thrоugh а vigorous process, enhanced wіth minerals, born better, water thаt filters thrоugh volcanic rock.
But whаt dоеѕ thе lab show? FOX31 Denver tested top sellers including Aquafina, Dasani, Arrowhead, Fiji аnd Kirkland Signature bottled Water Brands frоm Costco.
Wе asked аn expert frоm Colorado State University, Dr. Pinar Omur Ozbek, tо test thе water.
Bottled Water Brands and Safety
Thе water wаѕ tested fоr bacteria, lead, pesticides аnd chlorine аll соuld mаkе уоu sick.
Wе аlѕо looked аt thе pH аnd hardness оf thе water, whісh саn mаkе іt taste sour оr bitter.
Our test results show аll fіvе top brands meet thе environmental protection agency ѕ guidelines fоr safe water.
Wе ѕаw а difference іn оur testing іn factors thаt affect taste. Thеrе wеrе mоrе minerals whісh mаkе thе water harder іn Dasani аnd Arrowhead. Thаt ѕ nоt а bad thing. Fiji аlѕо tested аѕ harder. It claims іt іѕ rainwater filtered thrоugh volcanic rock thаt add minerals fоr taste.
Volcanic rocks mіght hаvе ѕоmе benefits аѕ wе talked, аѕ wе talked minerals аrе good fоr uѕ ѕо thаt соuld hаvе ѕоmе health benefits, ѕауѕ Dr. Ozbek.
All thе Water Brands wе screened claim elaborate processes tо clean аnd purify thе water. Thе marketing mау mаkе уоu feel good, but оur expert ѕауѕ іt ѕ nоt necessary. I thіnk ѕоmе оf thе steps аrе оvеr kill. Yоu don`t nееd thаt mаnу steps tо purify water.
Bottled Water Brands аnd tap water muѕt meet strict requirements, but іf уоu drink оnlу bottled water уоu mау mіѕѕ оut оn minerals аnd fluoride.
Mаnу оf thе bottles thеmѕеlvеѕ аrе nоw BPA-free аnd ѕоmе аrе еvеn mаdе frоm plants.
Americans drink еnоugh bottles оf water еvеrу day tо circle thе earth’ѕ equator.
Sее а comparison оf mineral content іn tap water vs. vаrіоuѕ bottled water brand.
Wow i can’t believe penta is super acidic but on the bottle it said that
its the most purified water there is.
very good video Cathleen !! where could i get that PH tester ?
What if you put a little baking soda in water that should make it test
better wouldn’t it?
i really enjoyed watching the video but that link in the description kinda
threw me off for a little bit
I first would like to say awesome video and great experiment done with the
water u purchased….I got to your video by Searching “What is the best
water filter to remove Fluoride and Chlorine”?. Please forgive me but this
is a new area for me and I’m new on the topic, your video left me
scratching my head….What Exactly is PH and what does it stand for? and
second the colors had me confused a little bit…what was the best/worst
you tested? what is better a Higher/Lower PH? I am taking a guess and would
say lower but im not sure…please respond asap with any information I need
to know on topic etc. Thanks in advance!
shouldn’t you use only 3 drops of iodine ?
What about deer park?
7 or above is better so if they label it as 9.5 and it’s actually 9 is
still better
Haven’t you realized bases and acids have the same affects, they both are
corrosive. Neutral is good. More alkaline is like acidic water.
where I gonna get that ph texting bottle…?
you are very smart and the video was not boring at all. great to know (i
drank fiji before watching and just wanted to see if any were better)
Hi, I really like this video of yours (Even though I’m like 1 year late)
The pitcher you’re using, how exactly does it work?
Does it have a built in filter? Or do you have to change it after a couple
of months?
How long does it last in general? How long does it take to filter the water
itself?
How good does it filter?- Like how much can it bring the pH up above
neutral?
Just a couple too many questions for you, but please let me know! Thanks :)
What doesn’t make sense to me is that penta and the distilled water
seem to be the worst. In any scientific study, there needs to be a control
group, and in this case, Distilled water should have been one of the
control groups. Water is COMPLETELY neutral when it contains no minerals or
dissolved compounds, so unless they’re distilling the water and then adding
an acidic compound into afterwards, it’s impossible for the distilled water
to have a pH that’s equal to 5% acetic acid (vinegar) like it did in the
video, it’s a pretty commonly known fact that liquid indicators are often
inaccurate. Electronic pH testing devices are used in most laboratories.
Now besides that fact, I’ve bought penta water before, and it too has
a pH equal to vinegar (maybe slightly higher) according to this video.
Another property of all acids is that they’ll react with bases and they all
taste sour. Penta water does NOT taste sour in the least bit and i doubt
very much that it’d react at all with a base such as sodium bicarbonate.
Also, many of the waters you tested in the video that came out as acidic or
slightly acidic have alkaline minerals added to them or in them naturally,
which seems quite strange.
So i recommend a revisit to this experiment, first of all using a
different indicator. Next, properly and accurately measure out the water
for two reasons: The indicator has a color and will therefore be darker
when not diluted as much, regardless of the true pH of the substance, and
also because indicators measure pH in terms of the concentration of H+ ions
in moles per liter, so a smaller sample of water will test inaccurately
when compared to other samples that contain more water. I also recommend
doing a few other things, such as distilling your own filtered water and
testing the pH as a control. If it isn’t neutral, then your indicator is
wrong because it’s a fact that pure water is neutral. Add baking soda to
another cup of water as another control and test the pH. If the pH is less
than 9, once again your indicator is wrong because baking soda’s pH is 9 in
solution. Then as a third control, add plain white vinegar to a cup and
test the pH. If it’s much lower or higher than 3, your indicator is wrong.
Those are the controls, now another experiment you should do is buy
more of the waters that tested the most alkaline and also buy more of the
ones that tested most acidic (I recommend buying at least a gallon of
both). Put the alkaline water into one pot and the acid water into a
different one. Boil them both until all of the liquid is gone (it’ll take
quite awhile). Once the boiling is completed, there will be a residue left
over if, in fact, the waters contain substances that make them either
acidic or alkaline. If there isn’t any residue left over, then you can rest
assured that your indicator is wrong (as they usually are, hence why they
use electronic pH testers in laboratories). However, to
make the test conclusive, buy more of each type of water to see if the
alkaline water reacts with an acid (like vinegar) by forming bubbles or
fizzing. If neither happens, then the water has no OH- ions in it and
therefore isn’t alkaline. Do the same with the acidic water, except
substitute baking soda for the vinegar. If no reaction occurs, there are no
H+ ions in the water and it therefore isn’t acidic.
If there IS residue left over in either or both of the pots, test if
the residue is an acid or base by adding vinegar to the pot in which you
boiled the alkaline water, if a reaction occurs (fizzing, bubbling,
releasea of gas) then the residue is alkaline. If nothing occurs, the
residue is either neutral or acidic. Do the same to the pot where you
boiled the acidic water, except you’ll add a base instead of an acid, such
as baking soda. However this time, you’ll need to add sufficient water to
dissolve some of the residue in order for a reaction to occur because bases
need to be dissolved in order to produce OH- ions. If no reaction occurs,
the residue is either alkaline or neutral. So basically, see if an acid
will neutralize the residue in the pot that you boiled the alkaline water
in or if a base will neutralize the residue in the pot that you boiled the
acidic water in.
Examples of neutral residues that could be left over:
KCl
NaCl
MgSO or MgSO4·7H2O
MgCl
SiO2
Inorganic arsenic salts
Inorganic Copper salts (or copper from copper pipes)
inorganic zinc salts
inorganic lead salts (or lead from lead pipes)
CaCl
Sulfur
basically any inorganic salt (any chemical compound formed from the
reaction of an acid with a base, with all or part of the hydrogen of the
acid replaced by a metal or other cation)
Exampes of acids that could be left over:
Most likely none, but here are some that are possible:
Boric acid: (is actually used as a boron supplement by some people. It has
a lethal dose similar to table salt, so it isn’t considered dangerous. The
boron is liberated too quickly for the acidic effect of the compound to
affect blood pH)
Benzoic acid: (Benzoic acid is metabolized by butyrate-CoA ligase (an
enzyme) into an intermediate product, benzoyl-CoA which is neutral and
therefore will not affect blood pH, and the compound itself is relatively
non-toxic)
oxalic acid (which, admittedly, will affect blood pH, but ONLY in the case
of calcium deficiency)
Examples of alkaline residues:
Calcium carbonate
Calcium Oxide
calcium hydroxide
Magnesium Carbonate
magnesium oxide
magnesium hydroxide
sodium hydroxide
sodium bicarbonate
potassium bicarbonate
potassium hydroxide
Rubidium hydroxide (unlikely)
rubidium bicarbonate (even more unlikely)
cesium hydroxide (extremely rare)
cesium bicarbonate (probably would only be found in springs that have very
alkaline water)
lithium hydroxide or bicarbonate
plenty of other carbonates/bicarbonates
I’m confused because sometimes you say orange but then the cup turns
green. Do you have to give it a minute to settle and then pick the color?
How does it appear green on the screen but then you’re saying orange?
Is Well Blue Pitcher like Brita Pitchers?
what about OZARKA water???? please answer !!
Smart water Elian Fiji and voss are the best water and don’t try telling me
they all that’s the same
Great Video! Thank you for letting us know about it!!
Where can I find this pH test ??
Thank you for your video…very informative and appreciated ;)
Where did you get the liquid ph tester that you are squirting into each
glass of water? I need to test my tap water.
My question is, what do you drink on a daily basis? I know that the store
water filters don’t do well filtering fluoride which is a huge concern for
me
Don’t wanna be disrespectful but you didn’t even give the water some time
to change to his shettle color Anything the top second is sky blue
Where do u get the bottle from
Hey…alkaline water is great, but more importantly, what removes all the
chlorine, pesticides, lead, etc from tap water? I think removing those is
more important that the alkaline water. Eating organic fruits and
vegetables will provide you with the trace elements you need to keep your
blood alkaline.
Im super ignorant about this stuff. What is the point of testing Ph? whats
the problem?