When was evian founded

Danone has recently been touted as a potential target for suitors or shareholders seeking better returns, given that its profits and sales have disappointed some investors. The fact that Danone has no large, controlling shareholder has also made it a target for those parties. Last month, media reports said Corvex Management had bought a 0.

Faber declined to comment on the Corvex situation. Deals Updated. Our story. Belgium FR. Belgium NL. Switzerland FR. Switzerland DE. United Kingdom. Products Products. Our sustainability actions Our sustainability actions. About evian About evian. Drink true. International International. JavaScript is required in order to view this website. Spa beginnings Word got out and the source became so popular that Monsieur Cachat began selling its water to the local community.

Global carbon neutrality We strove to make our natural mineral water more sustainable and achieved the global Carbon Neutral certification from Carbon Trust in April The town hosts many dignitaries and celebrities arriving in search of health in the waters and the Alps. In , the Marquis de Lessert took a walk in the Evian countryside. While walking, he drank water from the Sainte Catherine spring on the property of a Mr.

The Marquis was allegedly suffering from liver and kidney problems and he believed death was in his near future. He became convinced the water improved his health.

Area doctors began prescribing the water for other patients. Cachat fenced off his spring and began selling the water, soon changing the name to Source Cachat.

Over time, the same spring and a few others in the area has made the tiny rural village synonymous with perfect water and health. Bottled water quality as opposed to tap water is highly debated. Evian's claim to freshly water bottled at the source is true.

It does not come from a municipal water source. The nutritional makeup of Evian water contains calcium, chloride bicarbonate, magnesium, nitrate, sodium and sulfates. All of these occur naturally. Magnesium is an important element and Evian has significantly less magnesium that what is found another French source mineral water, Perrier.

Yet the Italian San Pellegrino mineral water has double the amount of magnesium found in Evain. Apollanaris from Germany has five times the magnesium amount. Perhaps the amounts of magnesium in these natural spring waters makes the difference in well-being.

Magnesium deficiency has been linked to a variety of chronic conditions, such as diabetes, cancer, ADHD and a host of other ailments.