title: Vichy Catalán
text: # Vichy Catalán
  
  Vichy Catalán is a Spanish brand of carbonated mineral water bottled from its homonymous thermal spring in Caldes de Malavella, Girona. It is the leading carbonated mineral water in Spain, with 40% market share. The brand is owned by Grup Vichy Catalan («Premium Mix Group S.L.») ) by the physician and surgeon Modest Furest i Roca after buying the lands of the water spring in Caldes de Malavella, and discovering the mineral-medicinal properties of its thermal waters.
  
  ## Composition
  
  Source Fine Elements
  
  | Elements | milligrams per liter of water (mg/L |
  | - | - |
  | Dry residue | 3052 |
  | Calcium (Ca2+) | - |
  | Magnesium (Mg2+) | - |
  | Sodium (Na+) | 1097 |
  | Potassium (K+) | 50,7 |
  | Sulphate $(SO_42-)$ | 49,6 |
  | Bicarbonate $(HCO_3-)$ | 2081 |
  | Chloride (Cl-) | 584 |
  | Lithium (Li-) | 1,3 |
  