World leader in the mineral water market, Nestlé Waters, told French authorities in 2021 that it had used banned UV treatments and activated carbon filters on some of its mineral waters to maintain banned water treatments “their food security”he told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday, January 29, confirming information from the newspaper The echoes.

Even if these treatments, which particularly affected Perrier and Vittel, “The goal has always been to ensure food security”She “caused the company to lose sight of the issue of regulatory compliance.”, Nestlé Waters told AFP. Regulations prohibit any disinfection of mineral waters, which must be naturally healthy.