Ferrarelle is one of the very few naturally carbonated mineral waters. The spring which is inland from Naples, has been known since before the Romans. Hannibal, it is said, stopped at the spring with his troops while resting before sacking a nearby Roman village.Pliny the Elder and Cicero praised the waters of Ferrarelle for its qualities – an aid to digestion, eased kidney stones, and mingles well with wine such that the Romans could drink all day and night without hangovers.
According to the 19th-century historian Michele Broccoli, the name Ferrarelle may be traced to the spring’s vicinity to a small chapel, which later disappeared, probably called Santa Maria della Ferrara.
The channelling of Ferrarelle mineral water begins in 1894 under Dr. De Ponte, the owner of the property. Since 1925, the Ferrarelle waters have been controlled by the Sangemini group.
In 1895, Prof. Agostino Ogliadoro Todara, director of the Institute of General Chemistry at the University of Naples, caries out the first chemical analysis of the water, the results of which have appeared on every bottle since.
Ferrarelle makes itself known to the general public with the National Health Expo in Naples in 1900. Ferrarelle water brand water acquired from Danone Group in January 2005 by LGR Holding Spa.
Ferrarelle water