Rich inelectrolytes, vitamins, minerals, and natural sugars, coconut water is nature’s perfect hydration drink.
While coconut water fans tout its unprocessed, pure taste, others can’t stand it.
It’s likely that their first experience tasing the slightly nutty drink was from the wrong brand.
Ann Marie Langrehr
While some coconut waters offer a crisp, clean taste, other brands can skew closer to watery milk.
The best-tasting coconut waters, ranked from good to great.
To determine the best coconut water, we conducted a taste test.
Ann Marie Langrehr
We had testers rank their favorites and we averaged the scores to determine the final ranking.
In fact, there was nothing really great about it either.
Goya Pure Coconut Water
We all really enjoyed Goya’s Pure Coconut Water.
Ann Marie Langrehr
Why didn’t it win?
It was up against some harsh competition.
Plus, with a Chef’s Best Award for excellent taste, you know it’s good.
Ann Marie Langrehr
It’s mild and not too sweetperfectly balanced.
In fact, our testers agreed it was the least sweet out of the bunch.
Overall, sipping on this drink was an extremely pleasant experience.
Ann Marie Langrehr
(And the fact that it smelled like vanilla frosting was a bonus.)
Harmless Harvest Coconut Water
Harmless Harvest has perfected bottled coconut water.
Harmless Harvest is perishable because they don’t heat pasteurize their product like other brands do.
Ann Marie Langrehr
Instead, they use aproprietary microfiltration systemto remove all potentially harmful bacteria.
The worst coconut waters.
We felt the need to distinguish these last two coconut waters as the absolute worst you could buy.
Ann Marie Langrehr
Their offputting and manipulated flavors were not only unpleasant but also undrinkable.
Worst: Naked Pure Coconut Water
See that?
At the bottom of the carton: “WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS.”
Ann Marie Langrehr
That is why we named Naked’s Pure Coconut Water the worst of the bunch.
Rather than packagingpurecoconut water like their label reads, they manipulate the flavor of these beverages withnatural flavors.
So you’re not really tasting coconut water, but what people probably think coconut water tastes like.
