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Rawdatain

Rawdatain is Kuwait's best-known natural water, from the Al-Rawdatain groundwater field in the north of the country. — as described by the brand

9.0/10Waterphile Score8/9 properties published
  • pH7.6 ideal 6.5–8.510.0
  • TDS180 mg/L ideal 225–500 mg/L7.9
  • Sodium9.9 mg/L ideal up to 20 mg/L10.0
  • Calcium36 mg/L ideal 36.7–80 mg/L · counts half8.8
  • Magnesium4.9 mg/L ideal 16.7–30 mg/L · counts half5.0
  • SulfateNot published −0.1—
  • Chloride17.8 mg/L ideal up to 250 mg/L10.0
  • Nitrate6.8 mg/L ideal up to 10 mg/L10.0
  • Bicarbonate58 mg/L ideal 30–396.6 mg/L · counts half10.0

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

Mineral FactsPer litre · 9 of 11 values published
Basics
pH
7.6
Total dissolved solids TDS
180 mg/L
Minerals
Calcium
36 mg/L
Magnesium
4.9 mg/L
Sodium
9.9 mg/L
Potassium
2 mg/L
Other dissolved substances
Bicarbonate
58 mg/L
Sulfate
—
Chloride
17.8 mg/L
Nitrate (NO₃)
6.8 mg/L
Silica
—
— Not published by the brand · we never estimateSource: store.alrawdatain.com – producer's shop, minerals 'as printed on the bottle label' · checked 2026-10-26

Official (label): TDS 180, Ca 36, Mg 4.9, Na 9.9, K 2, Cl 17.8, NO3 6.8, HCO3 58 mg/L, pH 7.6. A 2016 label photo on Wikimedia shows TDS 220 and pH 7.5 (older label). Carrefour Kuwait's '3 mg sodium per 100 ml' is a nutrition-table artefact (not logged as a value).

How it stands out

  1. Sodium is 9.9 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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  • SweetNo votes
  • BitterNo votes
  • MetallicNo votes

Ratings & reviews

Waterphile Score lab data

9.0/10

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

SourceAl-Rawdatain aquifer, northern Kuwait
CountryKuwait · all waters from Kuwait
Water typeNatural mineral water · what this means
Still or sparklingStill
Data sourcestore.alrawdatain.com – producer's shop, minerals 'as printed on the bottle label'
Last checked 2026-10-26

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