Saskia Classic: version 4
Saved 2026-09-25 02:51 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled the cleanup flag on the 00000020030995 variant. Verified against Open Food Facts (product 0000020030995) that this restricted-distribution EAN-8 (GS1 200–299, so not globally unique and reusable) now aggregates two label generations under one number: the 2016-06-19 English "Sparkling" Löningen export front, and 2018-11-21 to 2023-05-28 German "Saskia Mineralwasser Classic" photos filled at Wörth am Rhein. Photo 7 (nutrition, 2023-05-28) prints Na 9,6 / Mg 15,5 / Ca 87,4 / HCO3 351 mg/l, matching the Wörth am Rhein 1,5 l Classic (product 42143628, OFF Ca 0.00874, Mg 0.0155). Rewrote that variant row's note to record the reuse across fillings and normalised its name casing ("1.5 L" to "1.5 l"); the row source stays ^off-20030995 since the German-Classic evidence is that same OFF record's own dated photos. codecheck's listing was not treated as corroboration because it republishes OFF (rule 8). No other section changed; no stubs or References rows added.. This is the current version.
Source of v4
# Saskia Classic <!--family-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Saskia Classic
disambiguation: the carbonated sort of Lidl's Saskia mineral water
summary: The carbonated sort of Lidl's own-label Saskia mineral water, filled in Germany by MEG at five springs and sold in 1,5 l and 0,5 l PET bottles.
brand: brand/saskia
category: category/10000232
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## Variants <!--variants-->
| name | gtin | net_content | pack_format | market | source | note |
| -------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ----------- | ------------------ | ------ | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Saskia Classic 1,5 l, Quelle Wörth am Rhein | 00000042143628 | 1.5 l | one-way PET bottle | DE | ^off-42143628 | The barcode this family was built from; it has its own page here. Front and side photos print "Quelle Wörth am Rhein" and the CLASSIC band. |
| Saskia Classic 0,5 l, Quelle Wörth am Rhein | 00000042143529 | 500 ml | one-way PET bottle | DE | ^off-42143529 | Front photo of 2023-05-29 shows the Wörth am Rhein label, the CLASSIC band, "0,5 l e" and the 0,25 € one-way deposit; the photographed pack is a six-bottle shrink wrap and this barcode is the single bottle's. It has its own page here. |
| Saskia Classic 1,5 l, Quelle Leissling | 00000042376057 | 1.5 l | one-way PET bottle | DE | ^off-42376057 | Front photo of 2021-08-12: "Quelle Leissling", Natriumarm, "CLASSIC mit Kohlensäure". The label spells the spring Leissling, MEG's range page Leißling. |
| Saskia Classic 1,5 l, Quelle Jessen | 00000042376064 | 1.5 l | one-way PET bottle | DE | ^off-42376064 | Front photo of 2019-08-07: "Quelle Jessen" and CLASSIC on the older silver label. |
| Saskia Classic 0,5 l, Quelle Jessen | 00000042376187 | 500 ml | one-way PET bottle | DE | ^off-42376187 | Front photo of 2021-07-17: "Quelle Jessen", Natriumarm, "CLASSIC mit Kohlensäure"; the record gives 500 ml. |
| Saskia Classic, Quelle Löningen | 00000042376170 | | one-way PET bottle | DE | ^off-42376170 | Front photo of 2020-02-03: "QUELLE LÖNINGEN" and CLASSIC on the older silver label with a DLG medal. |
| Saskia Sparkling Natural Mineral Water 1.5 l | 00000020030995 | 1.5 l | | | ^off-20030995 | A restricted-distribution EAN-8 (GS1 prefix range 200–299), so the number is not globally unique: Open Food Facts files two label generations under it. The front photo of 2016-06-19 shows the English "Natural Mineral Water / SPARKLING" export label naming Quelle Löningen; photos of 2018-11-21 to 2023-05-28 show the German "Saskia Mineralwasser Classic" label filled at Wörth am Rhein, and the 2023-05-28 nutrition photo prints that spring's analysis (Na 9,6, Mg 15,5, Ca 87,4, HCO3 351 mg/l), which matches the 1,5 l Wörth am Rhein Classic 42143628. The number appears to have been reused across fillings. |
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## Timeline <!--timeline-->
| date | event | kind | market | source | note |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------ | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 2007-02-11 | The 1,5 l barcode 42143628 is already in circulation, catalogued by the first Barcodepedia as "Saskia Quelle" | other | DE | ^oldbcp | The capture names the brand, the barcode and "Mineralwasser von Lidl", not the sort of water. |
| 2008 | Lidl develops the Saskia "Kreislaufflasche", the recycled-PET one-way bottle the Classic is filled in | other | DE | ^schwarz-rpet | The year as the Schwarz Group states it in 2021 ("Bereits 2008 hat Lidl mit der Entwicklung der 'Saskia'-Kreislaufflasche…"); it covers the Saskia bottle across the Still, Medium and Classic sorts. |
| 2021-06 | Saskia's one-way deposit PET bottles, Classic among them, go to 100 % recycled PET apart from cap and label | pack_change | DE | ^schwarz-rpet | Stated for every Lidl own-label one-way deposit bottle filled by Schwarz Produktion in Germany; an Open Food Facts photograph of the 1,5 l Classic back panel, uploaded 2022-01-26, shows the printed claim on this line. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Saskia Mineralwasser Classic | name | de | | |
| Saskia Classic mit Kohlensäure | search | de | | |
| Saskia Sparkling | name | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| meg-water | https://meg-gruppe.com/produkte/mineralwasser/ | MEG Gruppe: Mineralwasser | 2026-09-20 | MEG Weißenfels GmbH & Co. KG | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| lidl-saskia | https://www.lidl.de/c/saskia/a10015483 | Lidl Deutschland: Saskia Wasser, Lidl-Eigenmarke | 2026-09-20 | Lidl Deutschland | retailer | | | | | | |
| schwarz-rpet | https://gruppe.schwarz/presse/archiv/2021/lidl-und-kaufland-100-prozent-recyceltes-pet | Schwarz Gruppe: Alle PET-Einwegpfandflaschen der Schwarz Produktion zu 100 Prozent aus recyceltem PET | 2026-09-20 | Schwarz Gruppe | publication | 2021-06-30 | | | | | |
| oldbcp | https://web.archive.org/web/20070211180949/http://de.barcodepedia.com/42143628/saskia-quelle | Barcodepedia, 2007 capture: "Saskia Quelle", EAN8 42143628, "Mineralwasser von Lidl" | 2026-09-20 | Barcodepedia | other | 2007-02-11 | | | | | |
| off-42143628 | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0000042143628 | Open Food Facts: classic Mineralwasser, Saskia, 1.5 l | 2026-09-20 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0000042143628 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/004/214/3628/18.jpg | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-42143529 | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0000042143529 | Open Food Facts: Mineralwasser 0,5, Saskia classic | 2026-09-20 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0000042143529 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/004/214/3529/front_fr.32.full.jpg | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-42376057 | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0000042376057 | Open Food Facts: Saskia Mineralwasser classic, 1.5 l | 2026-09-20 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0000042376057 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/004/237/6057/front_de.3.full.jpg | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-42376064 | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0000042376064 | Open Food Facts: Mineralwasser, Saskia, 1.5 l | 2026-09-20 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0000042376064 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/004/237/6064/front_de.26.full.jpg | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-42376170 | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0000042376170 | Open Food Facts: Natürliches Mineralwasser Klassik, Saskia | 2026-09-20 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0000042376170 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/004/237/6170/front_en.3.full.jpg | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-42376187 | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0000042376187 | Open Food Facts: Mineralwasser Classic, Saskia, 500 ml | 2026-09-20 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0000042376187 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/004/237/6187/front_en.16.full.jpg | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-20030995 | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0000020030995 | Open Food Facts: Saskia mineralwasser classic, 1.5 l, English export label | 2026-09-20 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0000020030995 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/002/003/0995/front_en.6.full.jpg | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-back-2022 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/004/214/3628/15.jpg | Open Food Facts photo 15: back panel of the 1,5 l Saskia Classic with the 0,25 € one-way deposit, the EAN-8 and the "100 % recyceltem Kunststoff" block, uploaded 2022-01-26 | 2026-09-20 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2022-01-26 | 15 | | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
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## About <!--about-->
Saskia Classic is the carbonated sort of Saskia, the own-label natural mineral water of the German discounter Lidl, sold beside the Medium and Still sorts in 1,5-litre and 0,5-litre one-way PET bottles.[^lidl-saskia][^meg-water] It is filled for Lidl by MEG Weißenfels GmbH & Co. KG at five spring sites — Leißling, Löningen, Jessen, Kirkel and Wörth am Rhein — and every label names its own spring, so bottles sold as Classic differ in mineralisation and carry a separate barcode for each spring and size.[^meg-water][^off-42376057] The bottler describes all of the Saskia waters as suitable for a low-sodium diet, and the labels print "Natriumarm".[^meg-water][^off-42376187]
The barcode of the 1,5-litre Wörth am Rhein bottle was already catalogued by the first Barcodepedia in February 2007, as "Saskia Quelle", described simply as Lidl mineral water.[^oldbcp] The Schwarz Group, Lidl's parent, dates the development of the Saskia "Kreislaufflasche" to 2008, and says that since June 2021 every one-way deposit PET bottle its Schwarz Produktion arm fills for the Lidl own labels in Germany — Classic among them — has been made of 100 % recycled plastic apart from cap and label.[^schwarz-rpet] A photograph of the 1,5-litre back panel taken in January 2022 shows that claim in place, framed as "Flaschenkörper besteht aus 100 % recyceltem Kunststoff" beside the 0,25 € one-way deposit.[^off-back-2022] An English-language export label sells the same carbonated water as "Sparkling" rather than Classic.[^off-20030995]
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