💧Can Water Really Be Bad? A Tale of Two Scans

As part of our ongoing wellness sleuthing, we decided to test two popular nutrition apps—Yuka and WiseApp—by scanning the simplest item we could think of: a bottle of water.

WiseApp gave it a 60/100.

Yuka? Slightly better at 65/100.

Wait… what? WATER?

We had to know: how did good old-fashioned H₂O flunk the nutrition test?

🔍 WiseApp scored it well for ingredients but docked points for nutritional value.

🧪 Yuka gave us a bit more insight—it flagged additives.

Additives? In water?

Sure enough, right there on the label:

- Calcium chloride

- Sodium bicarbonate

These are common in bottled water to enhance taste or balance pH, but they’re still additives. And that’s one of the things that nudged the scores down. The other was no nutrients, which makes sense. Water is not intended to be nutritious.

🧠 Our Takeaways:

- ✅ Water is essential—but it’s not “nutritious” in the traditional sense.

- 📱 These apps can be helpful tools in our holistic wellness journey.

- 🏷️ READ THE LABEL. Even on water. Especially on water.

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What do you think? Are you as surprised by these results as we initially were?

How do we find water that’s just… water?

Drop your favorite clean water brands, DIY filtration tips, or hydration hacks below 👇

Let’s keep busting myths and sipping smarter.

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