Premium Welsh water debuts at Gulfood 2016, Dubai

Exhibiting at Gulfood this year for the first time is Welsh company Pant Du. Located in the Welsh pavilion, the company supplies premium natural Welsh water.

The company is currently not supplying to the GCC, but looking to supply what Pant Du describe as ‘top’ hotels and restaurants that reflect the company’s boutique product.

The water was discovered in 2013 on the 400-year old Pant Du farm estate when the the Wyn Huws family (who had purchased the farm in 2003) decided to drill through the surrounding Precambrian rock for water.

With only an initial budget to drill for 30 metres, the company’s owner, Richard Wyn Huws decided to persist in the drilling, and eventually struck water underneath the rock at 85 metres.

 “My son said, ‘Dad, please stop, you are spending all the family money.’ But it was a great example of risk taking in business.” Richard Wyn Huws told Caterer Middle East at Gulfood 2016.

“We found the water after 85 metres. The water is filtered through the Precambrian rocks, and touches the minerals. That gives it the taste, without adding anything to it. It is just pure, as it comes from the rock.”

The water is unique in its composition. It is low in sodium, it has well balanced minerality and is almost perfectly ph balanced at ph7.35 (perfect ph being 7.5). Pant Du water also has a low TDS (total dissolved solids) of 116 mg/l, which gives it no after taste.

The area where the water was found is in Snowdonia, in the foothills of Wales’ tallest mountain, Mount Snowdon. The Precambrian rock in this region is one of the oldest varieties of rock found in the UK.