Commercial bottling of the waters began in 1899. However, a reputation of ‘magical waters’ was established in the 13th century. San Pellegrino was first put on map when Leonardo da Vinci sampled the town’s waters.
In 1899 the Società Anonima delle Terme di San Pellegrino, was founded and industrial production of San Pellegrino waster began: in the first year 35,343 bottles of sparkling water were produced, of which 5000 were destined for overseas.
The water was first analyzed for chemical content in 1782, revealing that the water is low in sodium, but with a unique combination of mineral salts.
San Pellegrino owes its great development, which happened in the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, to the birth of the thermal baths and the consequent influx of visitors.
Prior to World War I, San Pellegrino was one of the Italy’s most fashionable spas with the list of patrons considered as social register.
In 1932 the product was joined by orangeade made using San Pellegrino water. In 1957 San Pellegrino bought Acqua Panna, which produces still water. In 1970 the company took on its present name of Sanpellegrino SpA; in the following decade the company was the main soft-drinks producer in Italy.
San Pellegrino mineral water
