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In its early days, Mountain Valley was indeed sold as a mineral water. More recently, federal regulators set a uniform standard for the level of total dissolved solids (TDS) required for a “mineral water” designation in the U.S.; at approximately 240 parts per million, Mountain Valley’s TDS falls below 250 parts per million threshold.
