The state-of-the-art, high capacity bottling plant is situated in Thorlakshofn at the edge of the Ölfus Spring. The dedicated stainless steel pipeline penetrates deeply through solid rock and into the source.
All production lines are fully automated, and their uniquely designed bottles are blown on site to reduce handling and improve upon the overall efficiency of the operation. The filling process takes place in a clean room environment equivalent to laboratory conditions. This ensures that the water has never been exposed to outside air until an appreciative consumer removes the cap.
The source and the company premises are regularly inspected by the Icelandic Public Health Authority, who carry out stringent tests to ensure the plant is operating in compliance with World Health Organization standards. As part of their quality assurance program, Icelandic Glacial also carries out internal laboratory tests on a daily basis. NSF International carries out a full analysis of their water annually, and in 2005 they received an unprecedented 100 percent pass.
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BOTTLED WATER ANALYSIS:
By going green in a big way, Icelandic Glacial
Natural Spring Water has taken the traditional bottled water selling point of
purity a few steps farther along the trail. The imported product has been
certified carbon neutral, making it one of the few bottled water brands with an
environmentally-friendly halo at a time when consumer activism has made this one
of the chief issues for the category. But guess what? The product, with its
sculptural, glacier-evoking bottles, is more than green-friendly, it’s also
primed to become green-accumulating via a distribution partnership with beer
giant Anheuser Busch. This is a brand aligned for big growth in the coming year
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