S.Pellegrino
A 100cl bottle of San Pellegrino
CountryItaly
Produced bySanpellegrino S.p.A/Nestlé S.A.
Introduced1899 (1899)
SourceSan Pellegrino Terme, Bergamo, Italy
TypeSparkling Tonic
pH7.6 (at source); 5.7 (as sold)[1]
Calcium (Ca)164
Chloride (Cl)49.4
Bicarbonate (HCO3)243
Fluoride (F)0.5
Lithium (Li)0.2
Magnesium (Mg)49.5
Nitrate (NO3)2.9
Potassium (K)2.2
Silica (SiO2)7.1
Sodium (Na)31.2
Strontium (Sr)2.7
Sulfate (SO4)402
TDS854
Websitewww.sanpellegrino.com
All concentrations in milligrams per liter (mg/L); pH without units

S.Pellegrino (Italian pronunciation: [sampelleˈɡriːno]) is an Italian natural mineral water brand, owned by the company Sanpellegrino S.p.A, part of Swiss company Nestlé since 1997. The principal production plant is located in San Pellegrino Terme in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. Products are exported to most countries in Europe, the Americas, Oceania and the Middle East, as well as in Asia in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Corporate organisation

Sanpellegrino S.p.A was founded during 1899,[2] and is based in Milan, Italy.[3]

On 20 April 1970, the company changed its name from Società Anonima Delle Terme di S.Pellegrino to Sanpellegrino S.p.A.[4]

In 1997, Sanpellegrino S.p.A. was bought by Perrier Vittel SA, a division of Nestlé which also owned the Perrier and Vittel bottled water brands.[5]

Paolo Luni, who joined the company as a consultant, then became General Manager and eventually CEO, left the company in 1999 after having inaugurated the Sanpellegrino Centennial celebrations, which took place in Teatro La Scala in Milan.[6]

Production

The Sanpellegrino Company has ten production sites in Italy[7] including its headquarters, and more than 1,850 people work for the company. It also manages other brands such as Vera, Levissima and Acqua Panna. The revenue for 2016 was €895 million,[8] about €96 million less than the previous year.[9] 50,000 bottles of water are produced every hour in the San Pellegrino plant, for a total amount of one million bottles a day including soft drinks, sparkling water and cocktails. The bottles are then sorted to be exported to major countries around the world.

In 2005, five hundred million bottles were sold globally. In 2017, that number had increased to one billion bottles.[10]

Varieties

  • Sparkling Mineral Water
  • Sparkling Real Fruit Juice Drink: Orange, Lemon, Lemon & Mint, Blood Orange, Grapefruit, Clementine, Pomegranate & Orange, and Prickly Pear & Orange
  • Essenza Flavoured Sparkling Mineral Water: Lemon & Lemon Zest, Blood Orange & Black Raspberry, Dark Morello Cherry & Pomegranate, Peach & Orange Melon, Pink Grapefruit and Citrus Blend, and Tangerine & Wild Strawberry

Mineral water production

S.Pellegrino mineral water is produced in San Pellegrino Terme. The water may originate from a layer of rock 400 metres (1,300 ft) below the surface, where it is mineralized from contact with limestone and volcanic rocks. The springs are located at the foot of a dolomite mountain wall which favours the formation and replenishment of a mineral water basin. The water then seeps to depths of over 700 m (2,300 ft) and flows underground to a distant aquifer.

The carbonation is then added during the production process as the spring itself is not naturally carbonated. The soft drinks do not use the same mineral water, rather it is produced using filtered local water to produce a consistent flavor.

History

S.Pellegrino mineral water has been produced for over 620 years.[11] In 1395, the town borders of San Pellegrino were drawn, marking the start of its water industry. Leonardo da Vinci is said to have visited the town in 1509 to sample and examine the town's miraculous water, later writing a treatise on water.[11]

Analysis shows that the water is strikingly similar to the samples taken in 1782, the first year such analysis took place. In fact, doctors from Northern Italy in the 13th century used to suggest that their patients go to the Val Brembana spring for treatment.[12] Over the years, its therapeutic properties attracted many visitors, and, at the beginning of 1900, San Pellegrino Terme became a mineral spa holiday resort with a casino, thermal baths and a hotel.[13]

In 1794 a treatise mentioned S.Pellegrino water as a treatment method for kidney stone disease.[14] In 1839, S.Pellegrino water was recommended for people affected with kidney diseases and urinary tract infection.[15]

In 1760, Pellegrino Foppoli built a bathhouse where visitors had to pay a fee to use the indoor facilities.[16] In 1803, Foppoli's descendants sold the bathhouse to Giovanni Pesenti who wanted to construct a larger building.[17] The town council feared that this project would prevent visitors from free use of the spring. For this reason, they filed a complaint with the prefect which led Ester Pesenti and Lorenzo Palazzolo to sign an agreement in 1831. They decided that the 24 unit spring would be divided into two. So that, 17 units were given to Pesenti and Palazzolo and 7 units to San Pellegrino Terme town council.

In 1834, the flood of the Brembo, the river that crosses San Pellegrino Terme, caused serious damage in the valley.[18] Since the restoration required huge expenses, in 1837 the town leased Pesenti and Palazzolo its share of the water for 12 years. In 1841, Ester Pesenti requested an authorization to continue to expand the bathhouse.[19]

One year later, another flood hit the valley and San Pellegrino Terme sold three-quarters of its shares to Pesenti. Since the water had always been connected to the territory, they agreed to give the remaining quarter of the shares to the residents of the town who still can use an external tap free of charge.[20] The construction work finished in 1846.

When Queen Margherita visited the town in 1905,[21] many articles appeared on the Giornale di San Pellegrino, in which it was illustrated that the bottled mineral water was sold in the main Italian cities, in many cities around Europe, as well as in Cairo, Tangiers, Shanghai, Calcutta, Sydney, Brazil, Peru, and the United States. At that time, one case of 50 bottles cost 26 Italian lire, while a case of 24 bottles cost 14 Italian lire. At the beginning of the 20th century, carbon dioxide was added to S.Pellegrino to prevent the development of bacteria, especially during long overseas travels. It is still taken from sources in Tuscany and sent to San Pellegrino Terme.[22]

The spa facilities were renovated, and in 1928, they were equipped with more modern tools for various diagnostic needs, such as the radioscopic and radiograph room and the microscopic and chemical analysis laboratory.[11] In addition, Granelli reorganized the bottling plant with new equipment, which moved up to a production capacity of 120,000 bottles a day. At the beginning, it was a handmade production, then it became gradually mechanized and was managed by an all female staff. The first machinery was introduced in 1930 and, since that moment, the amount produced has been increasing. Subsequently, the company began a packaging process for shipping to the recipient countries.[23]

In 1961, Sanpellegrino S.p.A. started to produce bottled mineral water and other beverages in the new San Pellegrino Terme factory. In 1932, the Aranciata orangeade variant was introduced. Containing S.Pellegrino as its primary ingredient, the soda added concentrated orange juice. Today, Sanpellegrino S.p.A. also produces various other flavors of carbonated beverages: Limonata (lemonade), Sanbittèr (bitters), Pompelmo (grapefruit), Aranciata Rossa (blood orange), and Chinò (chinotto). In 1968, S.Pellegrino appeared on the front cover of the British Sunday newspaper The Observer.

During the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia production was curtailed in its entirety for the Italian military water needs. During this time they advocated for the policy changes Mussolini's government had been implementing. This increased revenue dramatically for several years, even after the occupation had faltered. Over the years, the bottling lines increased the production levels needed to satisfy the needs of a market which was becoming more and more sophisticated, and in 2012 a high speed PET bottling line was installed.[24]

The company built a new plant some kilometers beyond the previous one as the water production continued to grow. In the early 1970s, it was decided to no longer use mineral water in the production of soft drinks, and to substitute it with spring water which was treated with particular equipment.

In May 2014, Sanpellegrino S.p.A. released two new flavors of their Sparkling Fruit Beverages. The new flavors were Melograno e Arancia (Pomegranate and Orange) and Clementina (Clementine). They were announced through an installation at Eataly's La Scuola Grande in New York where large cans of the new soda flavors were constructed out of flowers. In Italy, S.Pellegrino is available in 1.5 L bottles for about one euro, the same for their Aranciata in most stores. Competitive orange drinks can cost even less. If artificial sweeteners are used, the price is about half that of the sugared varieties.

Bottle design

A 1-litre bottle
A 500 mL (16.9 oz) bottle

The bottles' packaging has maintained the original references to its territory and its first productions.[25] The products on the market can be divided into two categories: glass and PET.[26]

The shape of the glass bottles has remained the same since its origin in 1899. The model is called Vichy because at that time San Pellegrino Terme was known as "the Italian Vichy",[27] and it is characterized by the elongated shape of the bottle. The red star was a symbol of high quality products exported from Italy between the 1800s and the 1900s.[28] On the neck of the bottle there is a representation of the Casino, above the date of foundation of the brand and the company. The label has a white and blue watermark, which recalls the Belle Epoque style.

The PET line has the same shape of the glass bottles. The production started at the end of the 1990s with the aim of maintaining the same perlage and effervescence of the glass line. At the beginning, only the 50 centiliters size was produced, but since 2006, the production of the 33, 75 and 100 centilitre bottles were added to the original one.[29]

Different versions of the label were created for collaborations, partnerships and international events. In 2010, 2011 and 2013 the project "S.Pellegrino Meets Italian Talents" was meant to create collaborations with Italians known on an international level as a symbol of Italy. These collaborations include Missoni,[30][31] Bulgari[32] and a tribute to Luciano Pavarotti.[33]

Accomplishments

  • 2009: 110th anniversary since the foundation of the Società Anonima delle Terme di San Pellegrino. A limited edition silver label was created for the occasion.[34]
  • 2009–2012: special editions of transparent S.Pellegrino water bottle and white Acqua Panna bottle were created for The World's 50 Best Restaurants.[35]

S.Pellegrino can be seen for the first time in 1949 in the film The Emperor of Capri, directed by Luigi Comencini and since that moment it has appeared in the following movies and TV series.[36][37]

Films

TV series

Criticism

In 2007, the German consumer television program Markt reported that S.Pellegrino contains uranium. Nestlé was informed about this and responded that uranium was common in both bottled and tap water and that the 0.0070mg/l found in their product was below the 0.03 mg/L threshold established by various governments and food health organizations.[11][42]

S.Pellegrino is not suitable for infants under 12 weeks of age,[43] because their gastrointestinal tract and urinary system is immature and cannot withstand highly mineralized water.[44]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Sanpellegrino S.p.A. International Business Unit". Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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  5. ↑ The Perrier Group (10 November 1997). "Perrier Vittel S.A. Nestle Group Acquires San Pellegrino Group". Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS; Nestle to Buy Rest Of San Pellegrino Water", The New York Times, 11 November 1997, retrieved 26 June 2017
  7. ↑ "Sparkling dolce vita from Italy". Krones.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Scarci, Emanuele (27 April 2017). "Sanpellegrino corre sui mercati esteri e frena in Italia". Il Sole 24 Ore. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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  11. 1 2 3 4 "Bottled Water Quality Report" (PDF). San Pellegrino. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Acqua minerale S.Pellegrino". Di Baio Editore. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Sanpellegrino: la classe è acqua". 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 October 2014.
  14. ↑ Pasta, Giuseppe (1794), Delle acque minerali del bergamasco, pp. 44–45
  15. ↑ Bergamaschi, Giuseppe; Ferrario, Ottavio (1839). Guida nell'uso pratico nelle acque di S. Pellegrino in Valle. Bergamo, Italy: Stamperia Mazzoleni.
  16. ↑ Carera, Aldo (2005). La vocazione marginale- L'"industria del turismo" nello sviluppo lombardo (XIX-XX secolo). Milan: I.S.U. Università Cattolica. p. 97. ISBN 978-88-8311-349-9.
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  21. ↑ "The Guestbook". Operatori turistici San Pellegrino Terme e Valle Brembana. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  22. ↑ Moutinho, Luiz (29 February 2016). Worldwide Casebook in Marketing Management. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. p. 10. ISBN 978-981-4689-60-1.
  23. ↑ Aldo Zappalà (30 May 2012). "I chronicon della Valle Brembana". La storia siamo noi. 5:20 minutes in. RAI 2.
  24. ↑ New high-speed line for San Pellegrino (Youtube). Krones AG. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.
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  32. ↑ "San Pellegrino sparkles with BVLGARI". 18 January 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  33. ↑ "S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water Pays Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti with Limited Edition Bottle" (Press release). 22 April 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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  35. ↑ Acqua Panna - S.Pellegrino Award (Vimeo). Rossettidesign.it.
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  37. ↑ "L'acqua S. Pellegrino trionfa agli Oscar 2014 con La Grande Bellezza". www.inabottle.it. In a Bottle. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  38. ↑ "San Pellegrino Mineral Water – The Devil Wears Prada (2006)". productplacementblog.com. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
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