Natural Isotonic Energy Drink

Suki-- Buko!  Suki-- Buko! (Patron-- Coconut!)  shouts the man who peddles around our neighborhood with coconut.

There are different varieties of coconut and my preference (as with other fruits) is the sour kind --the "manipis" (very thin) or grossly called "malauhog" flesh with sour juice.  "Malakanin," the thick kind is more popular to Filipinos because of the sweet taste.

Varieties, and so I thought, are the stages of coconut.

6-month old = very thin; known as malauhog
7-month old = nicely thin
8-month old = fleshy, rice-like texture or "malakanin"
9-month old = thicker; used for buko salad
10-month old = thickest; transitioning to maturity
6 to 10-month old ="buko" (young coconut)
11-month old = "niyog" or mature coconut; normally, its meat is grated to use as a coconut milk while the water is trashed. What we dont know is we throw "the best coconut water of all", says Mr Jun Castillo of Coconut House.


Incidentally, Mr Castillo and the Filipino Coconut Farmers have captured the nutrition of a fresh mature coconut, bottled it up to make it accessible anytime, as a NATURAL energy drink for athletes, the active and sports enthusiasts.  It is called 2Big Nyog!

Coconut water or 2Big Nyog, a substitute for the popular Gatorade or Powerade?  That is for you to find out. Below is the comparison study for the popular brands and coconut water:

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