Label-based content evaluation of bottled mineral water sold in Turkish and swedish markets
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2024
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Kızılay Culture and Arts Publications
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Bottled mineral waters (BMWs) have great potential to modulate optimal health with content. Their contents may vary according to various criteria, such as country, manufacturer, source, and industrial process (1). Due to its location, Türkiye is among the countries rich in natural mineral waters. Therefore, the mineral content has the potential to be higher than that of sparkling mineral waters, especially in European countries. Although the content of sparkling mineral waters sold in European countries’ markets was frequently investigated in the literature (1-2), there was limited data regard ing the contents of mineral water in Türkiye. This study aims to compare the label-based content of bottled sparkling mineral water in the Swedish market with that of their counterparts in Türkiye. In this context, the sam ples were selected from supermarkets in Istanbul, Türkiye (n=21), and Umeå, Sweden (n=18). Sweetened carbonated beverages were excluded from the study. Concentrations of bicarbonate, sodium, potassium, calcium, fluoride, chloride, magnesium, and sulfate were obtained from the labels on the bot tles. Descriptive statistics, normality, and Welch ANOVA tests were applied via Jamovi software (version 2.6.2). The range levels of mineral content in bot tles vary reasonably widely in both countries. The most remarkable differ ence in median mineral content was found for magnesium, with 3.1 mg/L in Sweden and 62.1 mg/L in Türkiye. All mineral concentrations except sul fate and fluoride were significantly higher in mineral waters in the Turkish market than in Sweden (p<0.05). Fluoride concentration in Swedish BMWs was significantly higher than in Türkiye (p<0.05). The vast range of mineral contents in BMWs can be a concern for hypertension, kidney, and urological diseases. Therefore, label-based interventions, legal regulations, and legis lation should provide consumer and manufacturer awareness. Considering the limited data in this study, more comprehensive studies on the contents of natural mineral waters should be planned in the future.
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Uludağ, Hydrogeochemistry, Geothermal Waters, Mineral Waters, Isotopic Composition
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III. International Mineral Water Congress
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Şentürk, S., Yoldaş, T., & Günalan, E. (2024). Label-based content evaluation of bottled mineral water sold in Turkish and swedish markets. M. E. Çam, T. Şimşek, & G. Yıldırım (Eds.). III. International Mineral Water Congress, pp. 8. Kızılay Culture and Arts Publications
