Little Background
Bottled Water is used to be consumed while travelling mainly, when domestic water tap/supply is not available. This is the basic use of "Bottled" water. Obviously all corresponding points arise like the life of this water, the uniform quality, the validity, and so on.
BIS : the controller body
Water , being a basic need, and also being a major cause of various illnesses/ deaths is a very sensitive edible substance in a country like India, which diverse & hugely populated. Hence from 2003 water, the bottled water came under the BIS lens. And it was made compulsory to secure a BIS license & hence every bottled water label has an ISI number printed on labels.
Universal treatment definition
The water, which is very good & qualifying to the standards at its raw form, at source itself, is called as Natural Mineral Water & IS13428 is awarded to that. There are 25+ plants in India at this moment.
The water, which might be very good, however, not meeting the standards at its raw form, at source itself is called as Packaged Drinking Water & IS 14543 is awarded to that. There are 6000+ plants in India at this moment.
The NMW plants don't need to remove any minerals from it. However the PDW plants need to remove all those minerals and add back the necessary ones. This is a standard process. Re-Mineralization. This is the "Added Minerals" This is the added minerals.
fssai , an additional licensing authority, has also made it compulsory to add certain amount of Calcium & Magnesium as added minerals. We have covered this in an other blogpost.l
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