BATANGAS, PHILIPPINES – One of the hottest categories emerging in refrigerated food in recent years is coconut water—with increasingly health-conscious consumers turning toward the refreshing beverage as a go-to and retailers stocking the stuff front and center in grab-and-go destinations in produce aisles.
With that in mind, I reached out to Eau de Coco Inc.’s Bonnie Shah, North & South American Representative for the Philippines-based coconut water provider. Producing over 20 million liters of product each year from over 45 million fresh coconuts, Eau de Coco is a premium coconut water provider with a unique approach to producing an exceptionally-naturally sweet take on the beverage, by playing close attention to its source. With consumer trends turning increasingly toward fruit and veggie consumption across a variety of categories, the company’s healthy and convenient beverage market is only going to grow.
“At Eau de Coco we understand that a good tasting coconut product starts at the source, which is why we focus our attention on the quality and integrity of our raw materials. Our company processes the most naturally-sweet coconut water found in the Philippines,” says Bonnie. “With the incredible growth of coconut water, we looked at our local suppliers and saw that the industry had not adjusted to the new growing demand for coconut water from the young nut. Young coconut water is naturally sweeter and fresh tasting when compared to mature coconut water.”
Bonnie tells me that unlike some of the company’s competitors, Eau de Coco uses young coconuts to ensure optimal sweetness and higher levels of nutrients. Where many manufacturers use mature coconuts best-suited to producing coconut oil, milk, and desiccated coconut meat; Eau de Coco’s unique approach is focused on producing the freshest possible product.
“We decided build a facility that would process and extract from young coconuts aged 6-9 months,” Bonnie notes. “We are the first producer in our country to work only with the highest quality of young coconut to produce refreshing and delicious young coconut water, coconut water powder, as well as young coconut meat.”
In addition to the integrity of its ingredients, the company has invested in high-quality processing technology to ensure the highest degree of quality control and food safety.
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