Mineral Water vs. Purified Water: What’s the Difference?

Mineral water and purified water are both clean, healthy ways to hydrate — the difference is what’s dissolved in them. Purified water is filtered to remove nearly everything for a clean, neutral, consistent taste. Mineral water carries minerals for a fuller taste. At DrinkMore we make both from our own purified water — and both are ideal for custom canned water. Here’s how they compare.

What is purified water?

Purified water starts as regular water and is filtered to remove minerals, chemicals and impurities — through carbon filtration, reverse osmosis and ozonation. The result is exceptionally clean water with very low total dissolved solids (TDS) and a neutral taste that’s identical in every batch. DrinkMore purified water measures around 1 part per million TDS — among the purest available. You can review our water testing results on our purified water page.

What is mineral water — and how we make it

Mineral water contains minerals like calcium, magnesium and potassium that give it a fuller, more distinctive taste. Rather than bottling from a single spring source, DrinkMore creates its mineral water by adding clean, naturally occurring minerals to our own purified water during production. We blend the minerals into the purified water, batch it in a large tank where it’s fully circulated for a consistent mineral profile, and then fill it into cans. The result is mineral water with the same reliable quality and consistency as our purified water — every can the same as the last.

Mineral water vs. purified water: the key differences

• Minerals: purified water has them removed; our mineral water has clean minerals blended back in.
• Taste: purified is clean and neutral; mineral is fuller and more distinctive.
• Consistency: both are batch-controlled for the same taste in every can.
• Purity: both start from our purified water, so both are exceptionally clean.

Which is right for your custom cans?

Both purified and mineral water are ideal for custom canned water — it simply comes down to your customers’ preference. Choose purified for a clean, neutral taste, or mineral for a fuller mouthfeel and a minerals-forward story on your label. Either way, it’s our own award-winning water, canned under your brand.

Put your brand on it

DrinkMore makes award-winning purified water — gold medal for Best Purified Water at the 2025 Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting — and cans both purified and mineral water under your label. Explore custom printed cans or private label water to get started.

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