Why Bottles are marked with "With Added Minerals" ?

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

You can also watch the video below :-

What does the cost of bottled water include other than the Itself?

 The Cost of Bottled Water

If you observe the Packaged Drinking Water Bottle, you will observe the following visible cost components :-

1. The Water
2. The Bottle 
3. The Cap 
4. The Label
5. The ink which prints the Batch & Price Information

Besides these, there are other components, which are indirectly responsible for the produce of the Bottled Water & even reaching to the citizens like :-

• The Machinery & Equipment Cost, its investment cost (for the banker)
• The legal cost of the whole business as it is strictly regulated by Law.
• The Profit of the Business Owner while producing the water
• The Profit of the distribution Channel which makes you get the water at your doorstep

These all can be called as the Cost Components. A very close look at these factors can serve a great deal for any future plant setup. We do cover this in details inside our training sessions.