VITAE INFUSION, ON NEW ZEALAND WATER
How vitamin C deals with the chlorine in New Zealand shower water
Vitae Infusion uses ascorbic acid, which is vitamin C, to react with free chlorine as the water passes through the cartridge.
See how it worksNo residual chlorine detected at any interval from 1,000 to 6,000 litres. KEWI certificate IW-230133.
The chemistry
Vitamin C reacts as the water moves through the cartridge
25,000 mg of L-ascorbic acid.
L-ascorbic acid is vitamin C. It reacts with chlorine and leaves chloride behind.
A reaction, not a trap.
Activated carbon holds compounds on its surface. Vitae Infusion reduces the chlorine chemically instead.
Which chlorine is in New Zealand water?
Free chlorine. Taumata Arowai has no record of any New Zealand supplier using chloramine, and free chlorine is exactly what the certificate on this page tested.
Inside the stage
Vitae Infusion, spec by spec
What it is
L-ascorbic acid. 25,000mg per cartridge.
What it works on
Free chlorine, the disinfectant New Zealand suppliers use.
What it leaves
Chloride, the same ion that is in table salt.
Where it sits
First. Water meets it before the ceramic beads.
How long it lasts
Two to three months, depending on how much the household showers.
The test
Chlorine not detected from 1,000 litres of use right through to 6,000.
Which products have it
Radiance, Nourish, Aura, and the Universal attachment.
Korea Environment and Water Works Institute, certificate IW-230133, 24 April 2023.
How it was tested
The Aromica Vita C filter was tested using the Korean Official Test Method for Drinking Water at 1.5 kgf/cm² and 18 to 19°C. Residual chlorine was not detected at each interval from 1,000 to 6,000 litres.
In order
Where Vitae Infusion sits in a Suhae head
Shower water moves through the head continuously, several litres a minute.
Vitamin C reacts first, then the particle filter catches sediment, then the plate shapes the spray.
Vitae Infusion
Vitamin C meets the chlorine as the water enters.
Purea Core
Ceramic beads and micro-fabric catch sediment and rust from the pipes. How Purea Core works.
Aera Flow
The plate shapes how the water leaves the head. How Aera Flow works.
Before you buy
Vitamin C shower filtration in New Zealand: what to know
Is it like a vitamin C serum?
No. A serum goes on your skin.
Vitae Infusion keeps the ascorbic acid inside the cartridge, where it reacts with the chlorine in the water.
What will I notice after fitting it?
Most people notice the smell first. Free chlorine comes off hot water in the steam, and once it is neutralised the shower smells of nothing but the scent you picked.
New Zealand town water is disinfected with free chlorine, which is the form the KEWI certificate tested.
Questions from New Zealand
Vitae Infusion, asked and answered
How does vitamin C neutralise chlorine?
Ascorbic acid is a reducing agent. It reacts with chlorine as the water passes through, so the chlorine is converted rather than held on a surface.
Does it work on New Zealand water?
Yes. New Zealand suppliers disinfect with free chlorine, and free chlorine is what certificate IW-230133 tested: not detected from 1,000 to 6,000 litres.
Taumata Arowai, the drinking water regulator, has no record of any New Zealand supplier using chloramine (its response of 9 August 2024).
Does it keep up with hot, fast water?
The reaction happens as the water passes through the cartridge, so the water does not need to sit. Radiance and Nourish run at 5.0 litres a minute, tested to AS/NZS 3662:2013, the Australian and New Zealand Standard.
How long does a cartridge last?
A Vita Refill typically lasts two to three months, depending on household shower use. Replacements cost NZ$29.90 and come in ten scents.
Which products include this stage?
Vita Refill fits Radiance, Nourish and Aura. Universal takes its own cartridge range.
Can I ask before I buy?
Message us on WhatsApp at +64 00 000 0000. Answered within 24 hours.
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