Founded in 1955 in the beautiful village of Rosport, Sources Rosport produces sparkling and non-sparkling natural mineral waters. Over the years, this small Luxembourgish company has become the local expert in the field.
In order to receive the ‘natural mineral water’ designation, a number of criteria must be met:
These demanding criteria make natural mineral water the most controlled of all food products.
Discover the history and how your Rosport mineral water ends up in your home.
At the request of the Bofferding family, who wanted to diversify their activities, Dr Michel Lucius, a renowned geologist, carried out drilling at Rosport, which revealed a carbogaseous spring suitable for the production of natural mineral water. The 15th of December 1955, the Dick Bofferding limited partnership was founded.
The machines and filling line were installed during the particularly hot summer of 1959. A green bottle in the Art Deco style was chosen to contain Rosport water. As for the logo depicting a horse, it owes its explanation to the ‘Sûre’ river crossings on horseback at a time when the first bridge had not yet been built. The first 20cl bottles were bottled in October of the same year.
Between 1974 and 1978, the porcelain bottle caps were replaced by screw caps. It was also in 1974 that Sources Rosport, Canada Dry and Coca-Cola merged to form the new public limited company ‘Soutirages Luxembourgeois S.A.’. The production hall was enlarged and a new bottling line installed.
In June 1996, the new ‘losange’ campaign was launched and a month later, a new packaging came on the market. The new Rosport Blue 50cl made its debut in Luxembourg restaurants.
On the 24th of January 2001, ‘Sources Rosport S.A. ’ obtained official authorisation to market a new still mineral water under the name Viva.
In June, Sources Rosport introduced Rosport Pom’s, an Apple spritzer drink that proved a real hit with consumers.
Expansion of the production hall at Rosport and replacement of the production line for returnable bottles. At the same time, Rosport replaces its entire fleet of bottles and crates, and surprises with an advertising spot featuring a majestic horse.
In April, Sources Rosport is adding a new range to its assortment. It is launching the brand new Rosport mat, which perfectly blends Rosport sparkling water with natural fruit flavours: a subtle taste of lemon, lime or even fresh mint.
In May, the subtle taste of Grapefruit was added to the Rosport mat range of flavoured sparkling waters from Sources Rosport. For the back-to-school season, Rosport is innovating with a brand new range of drinks. Rosport Sunny, made with still mineral water and a touch of fruit juice: orange, lemon-lime or peach.
Sources Rosport has replaced its entire range of PET water bottles with virgin plastic-free bottles. Rosport Blue and Rosport Viva now offer bottles made from 100% recycled plastic (rPET). The Rosport Classic bottle, meanwhile, is made from 75% recycled material and 25% BIO PET, a PET derived from sugar cane.
Sources Rosport has replaced its entire range of PET water bottles, with an attached cap to make them easier to collect and recycle. Now transparent and made from recycled PET, these bottles are 100% recyclable.