There are basically three types of bottled water.

Spring Water - must come from a single underground source. It must also be bottled at source and comply with microbiological and chemical standards. The only permitted treatmenta are carbonation and filtration. Spring water does not have to be stable in composition and does not have to be officially recognised prior to marketing.

Table Water - basically any water in a bottle. It can come from more than one source or not from an underground source at all. Bottled table waters may even come from the public mains or be transported from the source to the bottling plant in tankers. The water may be treated to change its chemical composition or to reduce the number of microbes. Some companies even add mineral salts to the water to taste like spa water.

Natural Mineral Water - must come from a specified underground source, which is protected from pollution and registered with the authorities. It must meet tight microbiological standards, be regularly tested, receive no treatment other than filtration or carbonation and be bottled at source. It must also have a stable chemical composition. Natural Mineral Waters are the highest quality bottled waters.

Among the three mentioned types of production, Votary Water falls under Natural Mineral Water. The abundant supply of mineral-rich water beneath Denca Foods Limited gave birth to Votary Water but also to a number of businesses which bottled the water from the wells. Denca Foods mineral water, under same labels, was marketed across the country as table water.

Bottling/Packaging

Votary Water enter the bottling plant direct from the source through stainless steel pipes. Dedicated filling machinery in special bottling rooms is used. The bottles which is in a plastic form, are capped,labelled and packed in boxes or shrink-wrapped in plastic and loaded on to pallets.

Bottles can be made of glass or special types of plastic that do not affect the odour or taste of the water. Both bottles and caps should be sterile. The whole bottling process has to conform to very high hygiene standards and good practice in order to protect the water from contamination. Regular quality checks are carried out at every stage.

Votary Water is therefore packaged and bottled by Denca Foods Limited , Km 26, Lagos-Badagry Expressway, By Afro Bus Stop, Behind Trevi Foundation Construction Company, Okokomaiko, Lagos. Votary Water is packaged in various sizes of plastic bottles of 50cl, 75cl and 1.5litres respectively and are stacked in cartons alike.