Our Story
As kids growing up in the 80s and 90s, a lot of us were lucky enough to be fed a decent wholefood diet throughout our childhoods (until we started uni at least).
There was usually Mum or Dad at home, making nutritious, home-cooked meals, and the food on our plates came from farmers producing good, nutritionally dense ingredients.
We’d spend hours outside and get called in for tea when it got dark.
Life felt simpler then - slower, more present.
When we hit young adulthood in the 2000s, things started to shift.
Convenience food became more common. Life got busier. Stress crept in.
Farming changed too - often prioritising scale over nutritional quality.
Even if you were eating your five-a-day, scratch beneath the surface and things weren’t always what they seemed. Food started to feel more processed, more artificial.
Now in the 2020s, life feels faster than ever.
Between global events, social media, and day-to-day pressures, a lot of us feel more stretched. Often less active, more distracted, and more disconnected - including from what we eat and drink.
My father has worked as a nutritionist for most of his life. Originally a geologist, he published a study in the 2000s looking at the nutritional quality of food in the UK between 1950 and 2002.
The findings were eye-opening - showing clear reductions in levels of certain macro and micronutrients across a range of food groups.
One of these was magnesium - the fourth most abundant mineral in the body.
It plays a role in many normal bodily functions, but as diets and lifestyles have changed, it can be harder to maintain consistent intake through food alone.
Around 15 years ago, we started selling a magnesium supplement, and the feedback was incredibly positive.
It was clear that people were interested in finding simple ways to include magnesium in their routine.
The challenge was — it wasn’t something people enjoyed using. It felt functional, a bit clinical, and easy to forget.
So we started thinking:
How do you make this easier - and something people actually want?
The idea was simple - take magnesium and put it into something refreshing.
Sparkling water, with natural flavours.
No mixing, no hassle.
Each can contains 100mg of magnesium (27% NRV), using a blend of three magnesium forms - citrate, glycinate and malate.
We wanted to create something that felt like a genuine alternative — something you could enjoy as part of your day, while also contributing to your magnesium intake.
We kept everything else simple:
- No added sugar
- No artificial sweeteners
- No artificial colours
Just water, magnesium, and natural flavour.
It still breaks my heart writing this, but my husband and co-founder, Stuart, passed away in January 2026 after living with oesophageal cancer for two and a half years.
It’s been the hardest time of my life. I miss him every day. But I am determined and focused on continuing what we started together. OHMG Water is moving forward with strong leadership and an incredible group of amazing women in the UK. I truly feel we are flying the flag for Stuart’s legacy, and we are committed to sharing magnesium with everyone.
Stuart, this is for you.
Long live magnesium and our dream to promote the importance of magnesium to the world!
I may have lost my best friend, husband and business partner, but my ambition to take this to the next level with the amazing team beside me has never been stronger!
I hope you’ll give OHMG a try.
And if you’ve got any questions, we’d love to hear from you. Contact us.
— Georgina Walsh
June 2026
