Recently I was contacted by Naked® Juice Coconut Water to do a blind taste-testing of their coconut water side-by-side with a real coconut. They sent me two coconuts and two Naked Coconut Waters to do the comparison. This was obviously super exciting for me, because I am a big fan of coconut water.
First, let me tell you a little about Naked® Juice Coconut Water. It contains one whole coconut in each 11.2oz bottle, has 650 mg potassium, 65mg calcium, and 23mg magnesium. It’s great for hydrating after a tough workout or a long run, which is my personal favorite use for it! Check out the nutrition stats below:
For comparison’s sake, here is the nutritional info that I found for real coconuts from FitDay.com:
As you can see, it’s pretty similar.
And as I was about to find out, so is the taste.
The challenge, titled “Closest to the Coconut”, puts me to the test to see in a side-by-side blind taste-test, if I can tell the difference between the young green coconuts and the Naked Coconut Water.
So you’re all aware, I’ve never tried Naked Coconut Water in the past and I’ve never had coconut water straight from a coconut, so going into it I didn’t know what either tasted like. With Mike’s help, I conducted the test. Mike opened the real coconuts and the coconut water and poured them into two mugs. He did this while I was out of the room so I did not see which was going into what mug. When he was ready, he called me back into the kitchen to do the taste-testing.
I tasted one at a time and thought hard about the taste and how I liked it.
What I discovered, however, is that I liked them both, and had no idea which was which. The tastes were very similar but one was slightly sweeter, which isn’t a good or a bad thing, it’s just a little different. It was the only difference I could detect. Both had great coconut flavor and a smooth, refreshing taste.
So which was which?
The slightly sweeter of the two ended up being the water from the real coconuts. But like I said, it was only a small difference in taste and it really could have gone either way. The Naked brand of coconut water tasted extremely similar to the water that comes straight from the real coconuts, and that impressed me. An obvious bonus to choosing Naked coconut water over a real coconut? The packaging! Let me tell you, it’s a LOT easier to open a Naked coconut water than it is to open a real coconut!
So what I found out is that I love both and that Naked is super “Close to the Coconut” in terms of flavor! Naked does a really great job replicating real coconut water, it’s flavor, and it’s healthy benefits.
So now it’s your turn.
Are you interested in conducting your own taste-test of Naked Coconut Water versus water from real coconuts?
One BBF reader will be selected at random to participate in their own side by side blind taste-test of Naked coconut water. The winner will be sent the same package I received, and then write a post on it similar to this one about their experience! *NOTE: It is required that the person selected for this taste-test write a guest blog post on my blog about their experience. You do NOT have to have your own blog to be eligible because the post will go on bessbefit.com. If you do not want to write a post about your experience, DO NOT enter this giveaway.
That being said, here’s how to enter! All you have to do is leave me a single comment saying that you would be interested in the taste-test and that you would be willing to write a guest post about it. That’s it!
The winner will be selected on Sunday. Good luck!
Naked Coconut Water sent me the items to be reviewed and will provide the giveaway materials. They compensated me for this campaign. All opinions are my own.
September 27, 2012 at 8:40 am
I would love to try it. I do enjoy coconut water & have never had that kind.
September 27, 2012 at 8:50 am
I’d love to participate in the taste test because I have never even tried coconut water! And I’d love to write a guest post!
September 27, 2012 at 9:28 am
I’d love to try & write a review! I’m just now starting to find I like coconut flavors in foods, and have been thinking about trying coconut water. Would be interesting to see how I like it!
September 27, 2012 at 9:37 am
I would most definitely do a taste test and review on the blog! Sounds like an awesome idea to truly compare the coconut water
September 27, 2012 at 10:00 am
This sounds so fun!! I’d love to take this challenge and write a guest post!
September 27, 2012 at 10:19 am
Awesome! I’d love to participate and write a review!
September 27, 2012 at 11:20 am
Id love to participate and write a guest post! 🙂
September 27, 2012 at 11:34 am
I love coconut water! Just bought some today as they were on sale at CVS. And I would love to be a taste tester and blog about it.
September 27, 2012 at 11:45 am
I’d love to try it and write a guest post!
September 27, 2012 at 11:57 am
I’d love to try a new brand of coconut water and write a guest post!
September 27, 2012 at 12:31 pm
I’d love to write a guest post and taste test coconut water. I’ve never even held a real coconut in my hands! ridicluous, i know!
September 27, 2012 at 12:58 pm
I would love taste testing the coconut water and writing a guest post about it! Thanks!
September 27, 2012 at 1:10 pm
This sounds cool! I’d definitely want to participate.
September 27, 2012 at 1:30 pm
I’d like to do the taste test, and I’d be happy to write a guest post about it!
September 27, 2012 at 1:55 pm
I would LOVE to participate and write a guest post about it 🙂
September 27, 2012 at 2:12 pm
I’d love to participate! Coconut water is becoming one of my staples.
September 27, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Are you kidding?!?!!? I’d love to participate and to do a guest post! If I win, count me in!
September 27, 2012 at 4:48 pm
I want to taste test and would write the best guest post ever, duh.
September 27, 2012 at 8:05 pm
I love coconut water and would love todo the taste test and write a guest blog 🙂
September 27, 2012 at 8:40 pm
I would love to do the guest post!! Thank you!
September 27, 2012 at 9:02 pm
I would love to do this! I love coconut water and the taste test is such a fun idea!
September 27, 2012 at 10:05 pm
I would like to compare the real coconut water to the Naked coconut water!
September 28, 2012 at 3:23 am
I loove coconuts and would love to do the taste test!
September 28, 2012 at 7:14 am
I’m definately interested in a taste-test, and would like to write a guest post as well! I’ve had coconut water before, but never Naked brand. Keeping my fingers crossed! 🙂