Šaratica, Mineral spring in Šaratice, Czech Republic.

Šaratica is a mineral spring in the village of Šaratice in Moravia, Czech Republic, known for its water with elevated levels of magnesium and other dissolved minerals. The water has been bottled and sold for therapeutic use since the end of the 19th century.

The sulphuric soda water was first used medically in 1888; after Brno physician František Veselý had it analysed, it was declared a healing water in 1896 and a bottling plant opened at Šaratice that year. Before World War II the water was exported to Germany, Austria and France. Production was nationalised in the 1950s, with a new bottling plant at Sokolnice.

The name Šaratica comes from the village of Šaratice, where bottling began in 1896. Similar waters from nearby villages were sold as Otnica, Moravia or Šternovka until production was unified under the Šaratica name after 1948. The water is drunk for its laxative effect, but it cannot be tasted or taken at the wells.

The water cannot be tasted or drawn for personal use at the site; the intake wells of the mining fields, such as Kalužiny south of Šaratice and the field near Újezd u Brna, are working extraction points. The wells are only 6 to 13 metres deep, and of the 249 wells only part is used.

The water's uranium content of 201 µg/l is twenty times the limit recommended by Germany's Federal Environment Agency, so Šaratica may not be sold in Germany. The Nürtinger Heinrichsquelle had 474 µg/l.