Classification of bottled waters marketed and consumed in Algeria through statistical approaches
The main objective of this work consists of classifying 30 brands of water bottled and marketed in Algeria, based on their physicochemical compositions and their comparison with some foreign brands recognized in their countries or on a world scale. Relevant to this, descriptive statistics, as well a...
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| author | Khadidja Ketrouci Mohammed Meddi Naouel Bouregba Imene Zatout Asmae Rezki |
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| description | The main objective of this work consists of classifying 30 brands of water bottled and marketed in Algeria, based on their physicochemical compositions and their comparison with some foreign brands recognized in their countries or on a world scale. Relevant to this, descriptive statistics, as well as hierarchical ascendant classification (HAC) and principal component analysis (PCA), were used to analyse the data. The results of this study highlighted a similarity between some Algerian brands and other foreign brands of water in terms of mineral content. Moreover, the results obtained by using PCA and HAC allowed us to divide the sample of Algerian mineral waters into three distinct groups, each with similar physicochemical characteristics. The first group (Soummam, Manbaa Al Ghezlane, Mouzaia, Amane, Djmila, and Hayet) is characterized by very high levels of mineral salts compared to the other brands. The second group (Guedila, Tazliza, Arwa, Baniane, Saida, Ifri, Messerghine, Sfid, Mansourah, Batna, Mileza, S. Rached, Dhaya, Qniaa, and Lejdar) is distinguished from the first group by its average mineralization. Finally, the third group (Fezguia, Nestlé, Ovitale, L. Khedidja, A. Bouglez, Ayris, Righia, Togi, and Toudja) presents a very low mineralization.
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Use of statistical approaches for the classification of 30 brands of water bottled and marketed in Algeria.;
Comparison of these mineral waters with other regional and European water brands.; |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63040946c27e4af4a07bdbc2ec8bc9162023-11-11T06:59:22ZengIWA PublishingJournal of Water and Health1477-89201996-78292023-10-0121101489150210.2166/wh.2023.142142Classification of bottled waters marketed and consumed in Algeria through statistical approachesKhadidja Ketrouci0Mohammed Meddi1Naouel Bouregba2Imene Zatout3Asmae Rezki4 Laboratory of the Sciences and Techniques of Water, University of Mascara, B.P. 763, Mascara, Algeria National Higher School of Hydraulics, LGEE, Blida, Algeria Laboratory of the Sciences and Techniques of Water, University of Mascara, B.P. 763, Mascara, Algeria Laboratory of the Sciences and Techniques of Water, University of Mascara, B.P. 763, Mascara, Algeria Laboratory of the Sciences and Techniques of Water, University of Mascara, B.P. 763, Mascara, Algeria The main objective of this work consists of classifying 30 brands of water bottled and marketed in Algeria, based on their physicochemical compositions and their comparison with some foreign brands recognized in their countries or on a world scale. Relevant to this, descriptive statistics, as well as hierarchical ascendant classification (HAC) and principal component analysis (PCA), were used to analyse the data. The results of this study highlighted a similarity between some Algerian brands and other foreign brands of water in terms of mineral content. Moreover, the results obtained by using PCA and HAC allowed us to divide the sample of Algerian mineral waters into three distinct groups, each with similar physicochemical characteristics. The first group (Soummam, Manbaa Al Ghezlane, Mouzaia, Amane, Djmila, and Hayet) is characterized by very high levels of mineral salts compared to the other brands. The second group (Guedila, Tazliza, Arwa, Baniane, Saida, Ifri, Messerghine, Sfid, Mansourah, Batna, Mileza, S. Rached, Dhaya, Qniaa, and Lejdar) is distinguished from the first group by its average mineralization. Finally, the third group (Fezguia, Nestlé, Ovitale, L. Khedidja, A. Bouglez, Ayris, Righia, Togi, and Toudja) presents a very low mineralization. HIGHLIGHTS Use of statistical approaches for the classification of 30 brands of water bottled and marketed in Algeria.; Comparison of these mineral waters with other regional and European water brands.;http://jwh.iwaponline.com/content/21/10/1489algeriahacmineral waterpcaphysicochemical composition |
| spellingShingle | Khadidja Ketrouci Mohammed Meddi Naouel Bouregba Imene Zatout Asmae Rezki Classification of bottled waters marketed and consumed in Algeria through statistical approaches Journal of Water and Health algeria hac mineral water pca physicochemical composition |
| title | Classification of bottled waters marketed and consumed in Algeria through statistical approaches |
| title_full | Classification of bottled waters marketed and consumed in Algeria through statistical approaches |
| title_fullStr | Classification of bottled waters marketed and consumed in Algeria through statistical approaches |
| title_full_unstemmed | Classification of bottled waters marketed and consumed in Algeria through statistical approaches |
| title_short | Classification of bottled waters marketed and consumed in Algeria through statistical approaches |
| title_sort | classification of bottled waters marketed and consumed in algeria through statistical approaches |
| topic | algeria hac mineral water pca physicochemical composition |
| url | http://jwh.iwaponline.com/content/21/10/1489 |
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