This harmless harvest brand of organic coconut water is the most expensive coconut water in most stores. It has a pink color, they dont use any additives and its a refrigerated item unlike most coconut waters which are sold in tetrapaks and shelf stable.
I think foodbabe and others have mentioned how this is supposedly the best quality coconut water available, comes from young coconuts, minimal processing, might not even be pasteurized. It has an expiry date of around 3 months, whereas the tetrapak coconut waters have an expiry of around 9 months or a year or more. they may be ultra pasteurized, and many of them have added vitamin C or added sugar.
However, the kirkland organic coconut water, has 58mg calcium, 19mg phosphorus, 32mg magnesium, and 451mg potassium per 8 oz serving. it has 6mg added vitamin C as well as 2g added organic sugar per 8 oz serving. I was thinking of avoiding this coconut water due to rays comments on how vitamin C is produced these days. Even though it is a very small amount of vitamin C, approved for organic usage, so probably safer than taking hundreds of milligrams of vitamin C capsules.
regardless, the harmless harvest brand coconut water contains 162mg phosphorus, 46mg calcium, 19mg magnesium, and 541mg potassium per 8oz serving. this is supposedly the highest quality stuff, comes specifically from younger coconuts whereas the costco and most tetrapak coconut waters come from older coconuts. do coconuts lose phosphorus as they age? and is coconut water from older coconuts actually healthier than water from younger coconuts? technically the older the coconut the more nutrients should leech into its water from the coconut meat? the older water has an ideal calcium phosphorus ratio whereas the harmless harvest stuff is almost like eating meat.
I think foodbabe and others have mentioned how this is supposedly the best quality coconut water available, comes from young coconuts, minimal processing, might not even be pasteurized. It has an expiry date of around 3 months, whereas the tetrapak coconut waters have an expiry of around 9 months or a year or more. they may be ultra pasteurized, and many of them have added vitamin C or added sugar.
However, the kirkland organic coconut water, has 58mg calcium, 19mg phosphorus, 32mg magnesium, and 451mg potassium per 8 oz serving. it has 6mg added vitamin C as well as 2g added organic sugar per 8 oz serving. I was thinking of avoiding this coconut water due to rays comments on how vitamin C is produced these days. Even though it is a very small amount of vitamin C, approved for organic usage, so probably safer than taking hundreds of milligrams of vitamin C capsules.
regardless, the harmless harvest brand coconut water contains 162mg phosphorus, 46mg calcium, 19mg magnesium, and 541mg potassium per 8oz serving. this is supposedly the highest quality stuff, comes specifically from younger coconuts whereas the costco and most tetrapak coconut waters come from older coconuts. do coconuts lose phosphorus as they age? and is coconut water from older coconuts actually healthier than water from younger coconuts? technically the older the coconut the more nutrients should leech into its water from the coconut meat? the older water has an ideal calcium phosphorus ratio whereas the harmless harvest stuff is almost like eating meat.