S.Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water, 750 mL glass

• FDA’s 2023 to 2024 survey (results posted March 2025) tested nine S.Pellegrino samples bought at US retail and imported from Italy (sample IDs 1198856, 1210210, 1219877, 1220034, 1226915, 1238427, 1242893, 1254387 and 1256693). None had any of the 18 PFAS FDA tested for above the lab’s reporting limits of 0.23 to 0.32 ng/L.
• Consumer Reports’ 2020 test found 0.31 ppt of total PFAS (30 compounds measured) in S.Pellegrino, the third-lowest of the 12 carbonated waters it tested, and below its 1 ppt line.
• The source is named: San Pellegrino Terme in Val Brembana, in the foothills of the Italian Alps, with an average 30-year journey through rock, per the maker, and carbon dioxide added.
• The label gives sodium 10 mg and calcium 60 mg per 12 fl oz (360 mL), which is about 28 and 167 mg per liter.

• We could not read the maker’s full 2025 report. Sanpellegrino.com blocks automated fetches, so we could not read the PDF and have not seen its PFAS, arsenic and nitrate rows. The product page shows only label values.
• Greenpeace Italia (9 October 2025) found trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a very short-chain PFAS, in S.Pellegrino bought at a Rome supermarket, but its page gives no value for this brand. Across the six brands with TFA the values ran from about 70 to 700 ng/L, and no other PFAS was found. The companies it contacted did not comment. S.Pellegrino is not among the five waters Altroconsumo rated insufficient for TFA in May 2025, and we could not see whether it was tested. FDA’s PFAS panel does not include TFA, and neither the EU nor the EPA has a limit for TFA itself.
• It is a mineral-rich sparkling water. Check the label if you limit sodium, and note that the maker does not state its cap and liner materials.
• Glass is not plastic-free. A 2025 study by France’s food-safety agency (ANSES) found 4.5 plastic particles per liter in water bottled in glass, against 1.6 in plastic bottles and cartons, and says they probably came from the paint on metal caps. ANSES calls the water counts relatively low whatever the container and cannot say what they mean for health.

Third-party tested

Yes

Tested by

FDA laboratory survey (2023 to 2024); Consumer Reports (2020)

1. S.Pellegrino 750 mL glass bottle, US product page. Maker’s page. Open ↗
2. S.Pellegrino: origin and source water. Maker’s page. Open ↗
3. S.Pellegrino US water analysis report, 2025 (PDF). Maker’s page. We could not open this file: the site blocks automated fetches (HTTP 403). Open ↗
4. FDA: Analytical Results for FY23-FY24 PFAS in Bottled Water Assignment. Test report. Results by sample ID, posted March 2025, EPA method 537.1. Brands are in the separate sample brand information file. Open ↗
5. FDA: FY23-FY24 PFAS in Bottled Water Assignment Sample Brand Information. Test report. Maps sample IDs to brands. It lists nine S.Pellegrino samples, imported from Italy. Open ↗
6. Consumer Reports: What’s Really in Your Bottled Water? (24 September 2020). Test report. Lists Sanpellegrino Natural Sparkling Mineral Water at 0.31 ppt total PFAS among 12 carbonated waters. Open ↗
7. Greenpeace Italia: PFAS in mineral waters, six of eight brands contaminated (TFA), 9 October 2025. Independent source. In Italian. 16 bottles from one Rome supermarket, two labs (eight bottles each in Germany and Italy), detection limit 50 ng/L. Gives no value for S.Pellegrino. Open ↗
8. Altroconsumo: test of 21 natural mineral waters (21 May 2025). Independent source. In Italian. Lists the five waters rated insufficient for TFA; S.Pellegrino is not among them. Open ↗
9. ANSES: the caps of glass bottles contaminate beverages with microplastics (20 June 2025). Independent source. Drinks sold in France. ANSES says it cannot say whether the particle counts pose a health risk. Open ↗
10. California Attorney General: Prop 65 60-day notice search. Certifier or regulator listing. Searched by alleged violator and by product on 22 Oct 2026; no notice named S.Pellegrino. Open ↗

• Walmart.com approx. $2.56 for one 750 mL glass bottle. Price shown for a Georgia store on 2026-10-22, with pickup, about $3.41 a liter. A 2-pack is $5.12.
• H-E-B approx. $2.56 for one 750 mL glass bottle. Price shown for the Victoria, Texas store on 2026-10-22. H-E-B says prices may vary between in-store, curbside and delivery.

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• Mountain Valley Spring Water in glass A still spring water whose maker publishes a full 2025 report, at about $2.83 a liter. No outside test of it turned up.
• A certified home water filter, with a home carbonator if you like bubbles Usually cheaper per liter and lower-waste. See our guide to tap versus bottled water.

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