Ashbeck water (UK)
Water Quality
Just been to Tesco and looks like Ashbeck has been discontinued. Picked up some volvic for now which is obviously a lot more expensive.
Edit may just be supply issues
I know a lot of people use Ashbeck but does anyone have any other recommendations?
It looks like it has been replaced with Aqua Pura which seems a lot harder.
Typical Values Mineral Analysis mg/l Calcium 35 Magnesium 16 Sodium 7 Potassium 2.2 Bicarbonate 150 Chloride 9.4 Sulphate 30 Nitrate 5.5 Dry Residue at 180°C 220 pH (at source) 7.6
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Waitrose Essential own brand water in the same as Ashbeck albeit more expensive.
Actually, the Waitrose Essentials was cheaper towards the end of Tesco stocking Ashbeck. Tesco raised the price above that of Waitrose.
Wrong. It hasn’t been replaced by Aqua Pura. That’s different. Ashbeck is now under the name Tesco Still Natural Mineral Water. Same composition, Ca, Mg etc. just a different name
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They didn't have that in my store, all Ashbeck sections were filled with aqua pura. Hopefully that one comes in soon.
Give it some time. My local Express has the new own-brand (only appeared yesterday) but the nearest Superstore doesn’t yet.
Slightly different in one element.
WAIT WHAAAT ITS DISCONTIUNED NOOOOOOOOO
It has not been discontinued, but I was told availability is an issue in larger or multi-pack sizes.
I just picked up 6 bottles no problem.
For over a couple months the Tesco website had a note underneath all the Ashbeck water bottles saying it was only going to be available until September (i forget the exact date it stated). Now it just has the 5 liter listed and that as "out of stock" All other sizes have been removed completely from their site.
I assumed the Elmhurst brand was the replacement. I'm not sure it's coming back to Tesco. It was clearly stated on their site is was no longer going to be available after a set date. Of course these things are always changing with supermarkets so it could come back. I'm just buying it from Waitrose instead.
There is more on this topic over on r/pourover, it seems like Tesco has a replacement which is the same as Ashbeck being stocked. Seems like a rebranding.
Hmm it was a manager of the local store that told me, looks like he was wrong.
Fingers crossed! Had zero in my store and none online. The spots were filled with aqua pura
volvic has double the bicabonate then ashbeck/waitrose though