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Himalayas Spring Water

Himalayas Spring Water (brand ONTOP) is bottled since 2007 at a plant in the Langtang valley inside Langtang National Park, from a spring at about 3,000 m. It is very soft and low in minerals. — as described by the brand

7.9/10Waterphile Score7/9 properties published
  • pH6.68 ideal 6.5–8.59.3
  • TDS16 mg/L ideal 225–500 mg/L5.0
  • Sodium1 mg/L ideal up to 20 mg/L10.0
  • Calcium1.2 mg/L ideal 36.7–80 mg/L · counts half5.0
  • Magnesium0.48 mg/L ideal 16.7–30 mg/L · counts half5.0
  • SulfateNot published −0.1—
  • Chloride0 mg/L ideal up to 250 mg/L10.0
  • Nitrate0.39843 mg/L as N ideal up to 10 mg/L10.0
  • BicarbonateNot published −0.1—

Each bar is out of 10 for that property. Deductions: −0.2 for missing values, −0.1 for an undated analysis. Editorial score, not a health rating. How scores work →

Mineral FactsPer litre · 7 of 11 values published
Basics
pH
6.68
Total dissolved solids TDS
16 mg/L
Minerals
Calcium
1.2 mg/L
Magnesium
0.48 mg/L
Sodium
1 mg/L
Potassium
0.7 mg/L
Other dissolved substances
Bicarbonate
—
Sulfate
—
Chloride
0 mg/L
Nitrate (NO₃)
0.09 mg/L as N
Silica
—

Official analysis (mg/L): calcium 1.2, magnesium 0.48, fluoride 0, sodium 1.0, chloride 0, potassium 0.7, nitrate-nitrogen 0.09; pH 6.68; TDS 16. Chloride and fluoride are published as 0 (below detection, limit not stated).

How it stands out

  1. Lowest chloride of the 165 brands that publish a chloride value (0 mg/L).
  2. Sodium is 1 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L level the UK/EU uses for “suitable for a low-sodium diet” on natural mineral water labels.

UK/EU label thresholds met

Applied to the published numbers for information; these indications legally apply to natural mineral water labels.

  • Suitable for a low-sodium diet (sodium < 20 mg/L)

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  • SoftNo votes
  • CrispNo votes
  • SmoothNo votes
  • MineralNo votes
  • SaltyNo votes
  • SweetNo votes
  • BitterNo votes
  • MetallicNo votes

Ratings & reviews

Waterphile Score lab data

7.9/10

From the brand’s published mineral values. How it works

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Computed from published numbers only: the waters whose mineral values are closest to Himalayas Spring Water’s on a log scale, using the values both brands publish as single numbers (at least 5). pH and nitrate are not used. Similar minerals do not mean similar taste.

Source & spring

SourceLangtang valley, Langtang National Park, Nepal (source at about 3,000 m)
CountryNepal · all waters from Nepal
Water typeSpring water · what this means
Still or sparklingStill
Data sourceHimalayas Spring Water official site, 'Analysis in mg/L' (home page; same figures on the product page, which leaves pH blank; no analysis date given)
Last checked 2026-10-26

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