Meltina (mineral water)
Meltina (also Meltinger ) is a mineral water from the mineral springs of Meltingen in the Solothurn Jura . It is considered to be one of the most mineral-rich (2.579 g per liter) mineral waters in Switzerland .
Bathing operation
The bath and the mineral springs of the pilgrimage site Meltingen have been known since 1450. In 1666 the chronicler Franz Haffner praised the good effect of Meltinger water against "tired limbs, cold nerves, stupid stomach and for digestion". Later, the reputation of helping childless women to have family happiness attracted a large number of visitors.
Beverage manufacturing
Mineralwasser Aktiengesellschaft Bad Meltingen was founded in 1915 and the natural mineral water "Silberquell" was bottled for the first time in the rooms of the Bad-Gasthof. In 1928 the company was renamed Meltinger Mineralwasser AG and in 1939 Meltinger Mineralwasser und Heilquellen AG .
In 1934 a second healing spring, the underground Bünten spring with 400 to 500 minute liters, was discovered. The sweet drinks were filled with normal spring water, as they were only allowed to contain a few minerals. The mineral water contains a lot of lime and must therefore be specially treated.
The first and best known Meltina drink is Meltina Citro , launched in 1928 . Meltina Orange was launched in 1936 and contains 4% orange juice. There were also the brands Meltina Himbo , Grape , and Sport Kola . Meltina advertising posters were designed by Celestino Piatti and Ernst Insam , among others .
While the company made losses in the first decades, the boom began in the 1950s. The newly launched Sport Kola became a bestseller. In 1963 its own cycling team, the Tigra-Meltina , was founded for advertising purposes . A third equivalent source was discovered in 1964.
In 1966 the American Seven-Up was bottled and in 1978 the Meltiger was awarded by Seven-Up for the world's best bottling of the 7-Up drink. In 1970 the merger with Sibra Holding from Freiburg took place .
1985 Sinalco took over the production . In 1988 the production of the mineral water had to be given up due to a change in the food regulation and in 1990 the production of the sweet drinks made with spring water by Meltinger Mineralwasser und Heilquellen AG was stopped by the Sibra-Cardinal Brewery and the last 20 employees were dismissed.
The spring is still maintained by the community of Meltingen. The unused mineral water flows down the Kaltbrunnental in the Ibach .
Since 2012 the Meltinger has been filtered cold and sterile (without changing the mineral content), bottled again in the Schlossbraui Nürensdorf and used for Meltina drinks and the Nachtchappe beer.
Analysis of the Meltinger mineral water
Bottled on August 26, 2012, total content 2579 mg / l
| Cations | Amount in mg / l | Anions | Amount in mg / l |
|---|---|---|---|
| ammonium | 0.03 | fluoride | 0.50 |
| lithium | 1.15 | chloride | 2.70 |
| sodium | 4.95 | bromide | 0.08 |
| potassium | 2.00 | iodide | 0.005 |
| magnesium | 91.00 | sulfate | 1443.00 |
| Calcium | 581.61 | nitrate | 3.10 |
| strontium | 11.00 | Bicarbonate | 402.70 |
| manganese | 0.10 | Hydrogen phosphate | 0.40 |
| iron | 0.01 | Molybdate | 0.00067 |
| zinc | 0.05 | Meta-vanadate | 0.027 |
| copper | 0.02 | Silica | 32.50 |
| aluminum | 0.28 | Boric acid | 1.50 |
literature
- Meltingen and its mineral water . In: Northern Switzerland monthly sheets 7/1931
- From drinking fountains to the modern beverage industry . In: National newspaper 520/1959
- Silberquell, the natural, pure table water of our time . Journal for Preventive Medicine , Birkhäuser Verlag , Basel July / August 1973, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp. 182-183, ISSN 1420-911X
- A. Fringeli: The springs are no longer bubbling . In: Dr Schwarzbueb 68/1991
- Werner Rüegg: History of the sources of Meltingen , typescript 2002.
Web links
- Website of the Schlossbraui Nürensdorf
- Nunningen: An exhibition commemorates Mineral- und Heilquellen AG, Meltingen
- History of Bad Meltingen
- Museum of Design: Meltinger Plakate 1953, 1957
- Historical Meltinger picture gallery
- historical analysis of Meltinger mineral water
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mineral content of mineral water in Switzerland
- ↑ Europeana: Celestino Piatti - Meltina Citro
- ^ Nunningen: Silberquell in the village museum
- ↑ Basellandschaftliche Zeitung of December 18, 2014: Meltina - Now the Blöterliwasser is returning
- ↑ Stadtarchiv Olten: Archive Meltinger Mineral- und Heilquelle 1915–1994
Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '13.2 " N , 7 ° 35' 26" E ; CH1903: six hundred eleven thousand four hundred and seventy-two / 248476