Aqua

Tentu saja YA. Mengapa demikian? Hal ini dikarenakan tubuh selalu memerlukan beragam mineral. Menurut World Health Organization (WHO – Badan Kesehatan Dunia di bawah PBB), terdapat 21 elemen mineral yang esensial bagi manusia. Esensial berarti mineal tersebut tidak dapat dibuat oleh tubuh sehingga kita harus mengkonsumsinya dari luar, yaitu dari makanan dan minuman.

Pemenuhan dari satu sumber saja tidak cukup karena makanan yang kita makan sehari-hari saja tidak dapat memberikan 100% mineral yang kita butuhkan. Cara pengolahan dan memasak makanan seringkali menyebabkan mineral tersebut hilang. Oleh karena itu mineral dalam air minum sangat penting untuk memenuhi kebutuhan tubuh. Dan sebaliknya, akan sangat berbahaya jika kita meminum air kosong atau air tanpa mineral.

Berbagai mineral yang terkandung di dalam air minum yang bermanfaat bagi tubuh di antaranya adalah :

• Magnesium dan Kalsium. Bekerja pada sel otot jantung dan pembuluh darah sehingga dapat bersifat protektif bagi kesehatan jantung. Tidak hanya itu, Magnesium dan Kalsium disebutkan dapat membantu mengurangi tekanan darah pada penderita hipertensi.
• Fluorida. Fluorida efektif untuk mencegah karies gigi dan berperan penting dalam pembentukkan lapisan email pada anak-anak
• Natrium. Natrium sangat penting bagi cairan ektra sel. Saat kita beraktivitas dan bekeringat maka Natrium akan dikeluarkan dari tubuh sehingga kita membutuhkan asupan Natrium yang lebih banyak saat beraktivitas
• Tembaga. Berfungsi sebagai antioksidan dan membantu metabolisme besi
• Selenium. Dapat memperbaiki sistem imunitas (kekebalan tubuh) dan elemen penting bagi enzim-enzim yang penting bagi tubuh kita
• Kalium. Penting bagi sistem saraf dan kontraksi otot tubuh serta berperan di dalam keseimbangan elektrolit tubuh bersama dengan Natrium
• Silika. Silika bersama dengan kalsium bermanfaat untuk mencegah keroposnya tulang (osteoporosis) dan memperkokoh jaringan serta peremajaan kulit. Sejak dulu juga silika terkenal sebagai bagian dari zat gizi yang bermanfaat bagi kecantikan. Penelitian terbaru bahkan menunjukkan peran silika di dalam air minum yang dapat mengurangi risiko lansia mengalami penyakit gampang lupa (demensia)
• Zink. Berperan dalam pembentukkan inti sel (DNA) dan protein, perkembangan sel serta turut bekerja dalam 300 enzim manusia. Zink juga sangat penting bagi pertumbuhan, imunitas dan fungsi saraf otak

It is not true. Plastics used for gallon AQUA have been tested carefully and thoroughly and was declared safe as a drinking container and is not harmful even used repeatedly. The type of plastic used for the packaging is polycarbonates, which indeed has long been used for packaging foods and beverages because it is hygienic and protects food and drink from contamination. This plastics have also been proven to have excellent quality in protecting food and beverages from bacteria, and it has a great role on maintaining public health. Polycarbonate is widely used in food and medical equipment, such as blood oxygenator used to clean the blood and blood vessel disorders. Because its use is extremely flexible, surely polycarbonate has been tested through a variety of in-depth and extensive safety testing, for example by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the National Japanese Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, or the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).

In January 2007, after a review by a panel of experts on the scientific data for the last 5 years, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) declared that 'Bisphenol A' which contained in polycarbonate plastics contains no risk to human health at levels found in consumer products. This discovery by the EFSA has also been confirmed by an independent panel of experts both in the United States and Japan. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (The Food of Australia and New Zealand) also have expressed their consent with the EFSA findings. Thus, polycarbonate plastic has been declared safe to be used for packaging of food products by food regulatory authorities in various countries around the world.

EFSA also has determined that 'the daily maximum safe limit' (Tolerable Daily Intake or TDI) for BPA was 50 micrograms / kg body weight per day, and this represents a safe limit for exposure to 'Bisphenol A' during the entire human life. This means that if a person is exposed to levels of bisphenol A under that limit, there will be no negative effects produced even if the person is exposed during his/her lifetime, because the body will not get affected.

EFSA estimates of the potential of an adult exposed to bisphenol A is 1.5 mcg / kg body weight / day based on BPA migration values and estimates of consumption of food and beverage packaging. This figure represents less than 30% of the safe limits mentioned above.

TDI is the same as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's which refers to the dose for humans would Bisphenol A, 50 micrograms / kg body weight / day, and it is the dose that has no impact on health throughout life continuously.

Specifically, the EFSA has issued a statement in the Journal of the American Medical Association linked with the results of his research. In the statement, EFSA stated that their study found no evidence of a link between BPA with heart disease and type 2 diabetes and cardiac enzyme abnormalities.

For more information about this case, you can open http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1178620835386.htm or http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bpa.htm

• Glass packaging (cup) 240mL
• Plastic bottle packaging: 330mL, 600ml and 1500mL
• Glass bottle packaging: 380mL
• Gallon packaging: 19 ltr.

Actually, this price is not too expensive, when it's compared to the quality and benefits of the AQUA given. You get a high quality drinking water, which distinguishes AQUA with other drinking water. So it is not expensive when compared to the quality and benefits provided by AQUA, and it is also not expensive when compared with the risk that you are taking if you drink a low quality drinking water.

• The feasibility AQUA consumption is 2 years from the production date. The storage time limit can be seen on AQUA's packaging.
• The feasibility of this consumption period is not because AQUA contain chemicals or other mixtures or preservatives, but for the feasibility of the packaging and also to avoid any possibility of quality degradation due to bad product handling and storage.
• AQUA comes from pure mountain spring water and in the process there is no type of mixture on it, so that no preservatives.
• If you find a product that had expired (although very rare, because usually AQUA is only on the market for about 2-3 months after it being distributed), you can report it to the AQUA team, despite the fact it can still be consumed.

• AQUA is committed to minimize AQUA's product imitation, one of our form of commitment includes conducting regular market checks to ensure that the products available on the market is actually AQUA products that has met AQUA quality standards.
• You do not need to worry and hesitate to buy AQUA. To avoid imitated products, just make sure you buy AQUA from an AQUA agent or AQUA authorized distributor.
• However, if you want certainty of the AQUA products you have purchased, several things can be checked, among them:
  1. Dark blue cap bearing the Danone AQUA logo (embossed) on the surface of the gallons cap.
  2. Plastic seal is thin and somewhat flexible (not rigid)
  3. Label on the bottle bears the Danone AQUA logo.
  4. Cap is still intact and did not tear at the opening line
  5. Have a production code, date, hour and minute of production at the neck of the bottle.
• If the things above are suitable, but you still find the difference between taste, color or smell, which you find unusual; you can report it through AQUA's website at www.aqua.com.

For the bottle and gallon packaging, the production code can be seen on the outside of the bottle placed in the bottle's shoulder. Meanwhile for glass packaging it is at the bottom of the glass. This production code consists of the date, hour and minute of production. Near the writing of this code there is also the date, month and year of feasible time limit of consumption.

• AQUA comes from 100% mountain spring water that flows without pumping (self-flow), which makes it very clear and contains a balanced set of mineral composition. The process of selecting each mountain springs is conducted very carefully through a series of geological, physical, chemical and microbiological tests. The water reservation area around these water sources are also always kept preserved.
• AQUA is processed with modern technology and quality controlled in every sector. The production environment and equipment is always sanitized regularly. AQUA implements inline system, a system of continuous production without interruption starting from the processing water to covering and sealing assembly with minimal touch of human hands. In addition, there is a laboratory with latest equipment in each plant that controls the quality of the product. With high-tech processing and laboratory with complete equipment, AQUA water are free from disease-causing pathogens.
• AQUA takes a highly notice on the quality of our products, starting from selection of water sources, processing up to product handling. AQUA also have a high standards in product storage and handling that should be set to maintain the quality of AQUA before it is delivered to you. This quality control process has distinguished AQUA from other drinking water.
• AQUA have the quality standards that already met the national standards (SNI) and international standards (WHO) so there's no doubt about its quality.
• AQUA cares about your health for the present and future, that is why we have a wide-range customer programs that are committed to your health, such as: AQUA untuk Keluarga Sehat Indonesia (AKSI), AQUA Quality Commitment (AQC) and AQUA untuk Anak Indonesia (AuAI).