Because it's ozone-free

Why Disinfection of Drinking Water?

For a healthy life, the quality of drinking water is as important as its consumption and quantity. In bottling plants using classical systems, contamination occurs during transportation, storage and filling in water that is actually clean at the source. For example, due to the table systems used during transportation, water pipes, water tanks used for storage until the time of filling in the facility, filling in ambient air rather than in specially protected cabins, water comes into contact with air and surface at various points and becomes open to bacterial growth.
Since water is one of the most favorable and easy environments for the reproduction of organisms, microbiological reproduction and thus contamination can occur with air and surfaces such as tiles, concrete and plastic that water comes into contact with. Disinfection is carried out before or immediately after filling in order to make the water contaminated for such reasons clean again.
Ozone is the strongest known disinfectant. When ozone-enriched air method is applied to the water brought to the facility for filling, disinfection of all bacteria and viruses, removal of taste, odor and color, destruction of algae and prevention of their formation are provided.

What are the Risks of Ozone Disinfection of Water?

However, this disinfection comes at a very serious cost; the naturally occurring bromide in water turns into bromate, a carcinogenic substance, when ozone (ozone enrichment air method) is applied. In scientific studies conducted by WHO (World Health Organization), EPA (American Environmental Protection Agency), California State Environmental Protection Agency, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, it has been stated that water containing bromide in its structure forms bromate after ozonation, and bromate is carcinogenic as a result of experiments and research.
Bromate, which is dangerous for our health, is not normally found in water, but as a result of ozonation, bromide in water turns into bromate. Therefore, the water you drink to quench your thirst actually causes great harm to your health. For this reason, the bromate level in water is an important issue that needs to be monitored.
In an interview published in the May 2013 issue of Gıda Teknoloji Magazine, Dr. Hasan Irmak, Deputy Chairman of the Turkish Public Health Institution (THSK) of the Ministry of Health, stated that chemical nonconformities in packaged water are due to high bromate levels caused by the use of ozone in most facilities.

No Additives Added to Water in Elmacik

Thanks to its own special pipeline and high-tech machinery, water is bottled without contact with air and without being exposed to microbiological reproduction in the facility, which is built according to the latest technology in the world.

What is Ozone?

Ozone is a naturally occurring gas in the atmosphere. Each ozone molecule is a chemical compound consisting of three oxygen atoms and contains high energy. O3 has a very strong antioxidant effect compared to O2. Ozone is pungent, dangerous to breathe and blue in color.

Thanks to its very strong oxidizing and very effective disinfecting properties, it is used as a bacteria, mold, yeast, fungus and virus killer in facilities that provide drinking water.

In addition, when water is ozonized, it loses its naturalness because it has undergone a chemical process. On the other hand, since ozone changes the mineral composition of water, it can also change its taste. Ozone is a strong oxidizing agent.

If there is bromide in the drinking water source, bromide is oxidized to bromate during ozonation and bromate pollutant is formed.

It is undesirable for bromate to be more than 10 micrograms/L in drinking water. Drinking water containing bromate above the limit values can have adverse effects on human health when exposed to long-term exposure.
For these reasons, no chemical treatment, including ozonation, is applied to Elmacık Water so that it can reach you with its naturalness from its source.

Reference Sources About Ozone

1. Source http://www.turkhijyen.org
2. Source http://www.who.int
3. Source http://en.wikipedia.org
4. Source http://dhss.delaware.gov
5. Source http://water.epa.gov
6. Source http://www.inspection.gc.ca