San Pellegrino (also S. Pellegrino) is a brand of mineral water with carbonation added, produced and bottled at San Pellegrino Terme, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. This water contains, in addition to hydrogen and oxygen (H2O) and carbon (in the carbon dioxide (CO2) carbonation), at least the following chemical elements in amounts of 100 or more micrograms per liter: calcium, chlorine, fluorine, lithium, magnesium, nitrogen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and strontium. The strontium is naturally occurring, not the radioactive strontium-90. Owned by Nestlé since 1997, San Pellegrino is exported to most countries in Europe, Americas, the Middle East and Australasia, as well as to Japan. The water originates from a layer of rock 400 metres (1,300 ft) below the surface, where it is mineralized from contact with limestone and volcanic rocks. It emerges from three deep springs at a temperature of about 22 °C (70 °F). The springs are located at the foot of a Dolomite mountain wall which favors the formation and replenishment of a mineral water basin. The water then seeps to depths of over 700 m (2,300 ft) and flows underground to a distant aquifer. San Pellegrino mineral water has been produced for over 600 years. In 1395, the town borders of San Pellegrino were drawn, marking the start of its water industry. Leonardo da Vinci visited the town in 1509 to sample and examine the town's "miraculous" water, later writing a treatise on the subject. Analysis shows that the water is strikingly similar to the samples taken in 1782, the first year such analysis took place.

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