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Icelandic Glacial

Icelandic Glacial is bottled at the Ölfus Spring in Iceland; its 2026 NSF test of the source spring water reports a pH of 8.49. — as described by the brand

8.3/10Waterphile Score8/9 properties published

pH8.49 ideal 6.5–8.59.0
TDS72 mg/L ideal 225–500 mg/L5.0
Sodium11 mg/L ideal up to 20 mg/L10.0
Calcium5.5 mg/L ideal 36.7–80 mg/L · counts half5.0
Magnesium2.2 mg/L ideal 16.7–30 mg/L · counts half5.0
Sulfate3.3 mg/L ideal up to 248 mg/L10.0
Chloride12 mg/L ideal up to 250 mg/L10.0
Nitrate0.08854 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: −0.1 for missing values. Editorial score, not a health rating. How scores work →

Mineral FactsPer litre · 8 of 11 values published

Basics

Total dissolved solids TDS

72 mg/L

Minerals

Calcium

5.5 mg/L

Magnesium

2.2 mg/L

Sodium

11 mg/L

Potassium

0.7 mg/L

Other dissolved substances

Bicarbonate

Sulfate

3.3 mg/L

Chloride

12 mg/L

Nitrate (NO₃)

0.02 mg/L as N

Silica

— Not published by the brand · we never estimateSource: NSF Laboratories Source Spring Water Test Report, sampled 26 Jan 2026, report 27 Feb 2026 (linked from icelandicglacial.com) · checked 2026-10-25

Source kind: independent lab report published by the brand. Bicarbonate is reported as 28.21 mg/L as CaCO3 (not as HCO3), so it is left empty. Silica not published. 'Natural spring water' is the brand's wording.

How it stands out

Sodium is 11 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

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Similar waters

Computed from published numbers only: the waters whose mineral values are closest to Icelandic Glacial’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

Source	Ölfus Spring (Hlíðarendi), Iceland
Country	Iceland
Water type	Spring water · what this means
US label wording	Natural spring water
Still or sparkling	Still
Data source	NSF Laboratories Source Spring Water Test Report, sampled 26 Jan 2026, report 27 Feb 2026 (linked from icelandicglacial.com) Last checked 2026-10-25

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