New sports drink: coconut water

摘要

The main beneficiaries - apart from sportspeople - will be tropical countries that process or export coconuts, and small farmers who grow them. Simple production process gives tropical countries the key to a booming market Players in the world's 1,000 dollar million market for "sports beverages" may find themselves facing an unexpected new competitor: coconut water. FAO has taken out a patent - its first ever - on a new process that would allow manufacturers to bottle coconut water that is biologically pure, very tasty and full of the salts, sugars and vitamins demanded by both sweating urban joggers and serious athletes.