濱田, 浩美

Hamada, Hiromi

mineral water

水質

water quality

飲料水

drinking water

意識調査

consciousness investigation

Recently, more than 500 kind of various mineral waters have appeared on the market in domestic and imports as a drinking water in Japan. The share of the mineral water in the soft drink market in Japan rises to as much as 12.7%. The consumption of the mineral water increases every year, and has become indispensable in modern Japan. In this research, water analyses of 132 kinds of mineral waters were done, the resulting data was compared with the nutritional information display of the label in the container, and the feature of the element by the difference between the country of origin and raw water was verified. The questionnaire survey was done at elementary school to understand consideration to the drinkable water. The investigation was made the six grade of elementary and their parents. As for the water which marketed as a mineral water has enormous difference between its quality and a water quality display of the label in the container. In the question that asked the knowledge of the mineral intended for the parents was cleared that they are buying the mineral water for the price and enjoyable as they does not have the precise knowledge.