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All concentrations in milligrams per liter (mg/L); pH without units
A bottle of Contrex waterBottling factory, Contrexéville
Contrex is a brand of mineral water owned since 1992 by Nestlé Waters, a branch of the Swiss group Nestlé, and is part of the Vittel mineral water company that includes Vittel and Hépar. The water, whose source is located in Contrexéville in the French département of Vosges, was discovered by Charles Bagard, the first doctor of Louis XV.
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The water is bottled in a 250,000 m² factory complex that employs around 900 people. 635 million bottles of all kinds are produced a year, of which 11% are exported. The bottling factory is connected by pipelines with the Vittel factory in Vittel, a few kilometers from Contrexéville, which permits bottling of the Contrex water in either Vittel or in Contrexéville.
Contrex is a highly mineralized water and has diuretic properties.
Currently manufactured by General Mills in the U.S. and Canada. Produced by Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand elsewhere. Brand owned by General Mills; U.S. and Canadian production rights controlled by Nestlé under license. U.S. production rights owned by The Hershey Company. U.S. rights and production owned by the Smarties Candy Company with a different product. U.S. rights and specific trade dress owned by Nestlé; rights elsewhere owned by Associated British Foods. Produced by Cereal Partners, branded as Nestlé. Produced by Cereal Partners and branded as Nestlé in the U.K. and Ireland. Produced by Post Foods elsewhere. Philippine production rights owned by Alaska Milk Corporation. Singaporean, Malaysian and Thai production rights owned by Fraser and Neave. Used only in Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia. Used only in the Philippines. U.S. production rights owned by the Ferrara Candy Company. NA rights and specific trade dress to all packaged coffee and other products under the Starbucks brand owned by Nestlé since 2019. Brand owned by Mars, sold by Nestlé in Canada. Produced by Froneri in the U.S. since 2020.
