It's black, but is it good?

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

- Napoleon Bonaparte -

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Not too long ago I came across an interesting product and decided to give it a try. The product isn't very exciting, it's just water, but what caught my attention was that this water is black.

Alleged health benefits

The Australian company behind the product promote the health benefits of the water citing their, "100% natural fulvic trace mineral blend," as the key reason for the healthy benefits. Of course, they don't get water right out of the tap (allegedly), it is distilled rain water which is gathered by fairies who use tiny little buckets to collect rainfall as they fly around. (I may have made up that last part.) Distilled water is collected by way of evaporation - the distilling process.

They talk about "gut health cell hydration, nutrition absorption" benefits and the lack of fluoride and chlorine which is removed in the distilling process. Once the fairies collect the water water is distilled the fulvic mixture is added and bibbety bobbety boo black water is created. If you're keen to have a look at the website from where I got the information about the process you can take a look here.

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- "Our fulvic trace mineral blend contains a plethora of nutrients that promote gut health, like: electrolytes, fatty acids and silica. These help nourish the digestive tract and also boost the ability of “good bacteria” to repopulate and form a healthy “microbiome” environment. Our digestive system affects our immunity, our hormone production and even our appetite and stress levels." -

_{An excerpt from the 3i Black Water website here.}

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But how does it taste

I was hoping it tasted amazingly good because it seemed like a legit product and I paid a reasonable amount of money for the 350ml bottle but the reality was a little less...well, a little less amazing.

They say the taste is just like water but I found it not to be the case. It actually tastes like water with other things added to it, had a somewhat metallic taste and wasn't at all pleasing to taste. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't terrible, just that I'd rather drink plain water than Black Water as there is no after-taste. I'd drink it again if I was thirsty and had no other options though, but I tend to feel this product is little more than a gimmick, albeit one that has some potential health benefits.

What's the price of gut health

I have no clue, but I know how much this water cost me and it seemed a little exorbitant.

This 350ml bottle cost me $3 Australian dollars ($1.92USD, £1.72GBP, €1.96EUR) and, considering I drink around 3 litres of water a day, I'd need about 8.5 bottles to cover my intake so about $29AUD per day or $10,585AUD a year. I have a water filter on my kitchen tap which filters out all the harmful stuff and regularly fill up a bottle and carry it pretty much everywhere I go and paying almost $30AUD a day for Black Water isn't something I'm ever going to do even if it is lovingly collected by fairies.

Just to put that into perspective, for the same $3 Australian dollars I could purchase 1.6 litres of diesel which means 330ml of Black Water is just over 60% more costly than 1000ml of diesel. Hmm.

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I'm all for personal health, I mean physically, emotionally and mentally, and I actively seek to maintain and improve mine. So far, I've done a reasonable job as well - all without Black Water, surprisingly enough. I don't mind people coming along with fresh new ideas and trying to make an honest buck or two though, and I think the brains behind Black Water will probably find a niche as these days people are very gullible. I hope they succeed because I'd not like to think those rainwater collecting fairies might become unemployed.

Have you come across any interesting or unique products that caught your attention? Feel free to comment below and tell me about it.