San Pellegrino

Infobox Bottled Water
brand = San Pellegrino
country = Italy
source = San Pellegrino Terme
type = Sparkling
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ph = 7.7
fl = 0.5
ca = 181.0
cl = 57.5
c2 = 239.0
li = 0.2
mg = 53.5
ni = 2.2
k = 2.5
si = 7.5
na = 36.1
s = 459.0
sr = 3.2
tds = 960
website = [http://www.sanpellegrino.com www.SanPellegrino.com]

San Pellegrino (also S. Pellegrino) is a brand of mineral water with added carbonation, produced and bottled at San Pellegrino Terme, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. This water, in addition to hydrogen and oxygen (H₂O) and carbon (in the carbon dioxide (CO₂) carbonation), contains at least the following chemical elements in amounts of 100 or more micrograms per liter: calcium, chlorine, fluorine, lithium, magnesium, nitrogen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and strontium. The strontium is naturally occurring, not the radioactive strontium-90. Owned by Nestlé since 1997, San Pellegrino is exported to most countries in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Australasia, as well as to Japan.

Production

The water originates from a layer of rock 400 m (1,300 ft) below the surface, where it is mineralized from contact with limestone and volcanic rocks. It emerges from three deep springs at a temperature of about convert|22|°C|°F|sigfig=2. [cite web
url = http://www.finewaters.com/Bottled_Water/Italy/San_Pellegrino.asp
title = San Pellegrino
publisher = FineWaters
accessdate = 2007-02-22] The surrounding area, located on the Dolomite range, favors the formation and replenishment of a mineral water basin. The water then seeps to depths of over convert|700|m|ft|sigfig=2|abbr=on and flows underground to a distant aquifer.

History

San Pellegrino mineral water has been produced for over 600 years.cite web
url = http://www.sanpellegrino.it/html_site/storia.asp?id_language=3&catid=34
title = S.Pellegrino Acqua Minerale History
publisher = San Pellegrino
accessdate = 2007-02-22 ] In 1395, the town borders of San Pellegrino were drawn, marking the start of its water industry. Leonardo da Vinci visited the town in 1509 to sample and examine the town's "miraculous" water, later writing a treatise on the subject. Analysis shows that the water is strikingly similar to the samples taken in 1782, the first year such analysis took place.

The earliest existing records show that 35,343 bottles were produced (5,562 of which were exported) in 1899. Nine years later, San Pellegrino was exported to the main European cities, as well as Cairo, Tangiers, Shanghai, Calcutta, USA, Brazil, Peru and Sydney.

In 1932, the "Aranciata" orangeade variant was introduced. Containing San Pellegrino as its primary ingredient, the soda added concentrated orange juice. Today, San Pellegrino also produces various other flavors of carbonated beverages: "Limonata" (lemonade), "Sanbittèr" (bitters), and "Chinò" (chinotto).

In 1968, San Pellegrino appeared on the front cover of the British Sunday newspaper "The Observer". On April 20 1970, the company was renamed "San Pellegrino SpA". Later that year, it became the leading beverage company in Italy. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the company continued to expand, and in 1988, San Pellegrino became the first Italian mineral water brand to be exported to France. That same year, San Pellegrino SpA was bought out by Nestlé. In 2003, the price of 75 cl San Pellegrino bottles reached US$10 in the restaurants of New York City, where 65,000 bottles are sold every day.Fact|date=August 2007

ee also

*Panna
*Evian
*Perrier
*Ramlösa
*Spa
*Gerolsteiner Brunnen

Notes

External links

*San Pellegrino [http://www.sanpellegrino.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.nestle.com/Our_Brands/Bottled_Water/San_Pellegrino/ Nestlé's description of San Pellegrino]
*San Pellegrino Chinò [http://www.chino.it website] it icon
* [http://www.mintat.co.uk/site_portfolio_job.php?job_id=40 A picture of the available bottle sizes]