A Perrier Clash Has People Asking: Is ‘Natural’ Water Even Possible Anymore?

A Perrier Clash Has People Asking: Is ‘Natural’ Water Even Possible Anymore?

For more than 120 years, the French brand Perrier has produced some of the world’s most recognizable sparkling mineral water, its teardrop-shaped green bottles and light, fizzy bubbles synonymous with European refinement and good taste. Recently, however, the brand has found itself embroiled in a decidedly inelegant scandal involving food and drink regulations, the definition of “natural” water and, this week, accusations of a cover-up that reac…

French Government and Nestlé Accused of Cover-Up in Perrier Water Scandal

An inquiry accused Nestlé and French officials of hiding the company’s practice of filtering Perrier water it labels “natural.” The head of Nestlé has suggested that human activity is making pure water scarcer.

Perrier, one of the world’s most famous sparkling waters, is not actually ‘pure mineral water’ at all, French media revealed a year ago.

“The Presidency of the Republic knew, at least since 2022, that Nestlé had been cheating for years.” In other words, it was aware of the prohibited practices Nestlé used to disinfect its so-called natural mineral waters, regularly contaminated by fecal bacteria and pesticides. In short, the senators found that the executive branch preferred to change the existing legislation in favor of Nestlé, giving preference to private interests to the detri…

For the past year, the giant Nestlé has been accused of having put in place illegal techniques to clean up its polluted mineral waters, including those of its brand Perrier. On Monday, May 19, a Senate report lifted a little more the veil on this matter more political than health.

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