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Why the hell do we call it “coconut water” like it’s some holy, saint-blessed hydration straight from God’s urethra? It’s juice. It comes out of a fucking fruit. If it squirted out of an orange we wouldn’t sit there pretending it’s “orange water.” But no, slap “water” on the label. It’s not magical glacier piss. It’s coconut juice. Stop jerking off the branding like it’s some enlightened nectar for smug wellness cultists.

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[-] The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

Either way it tastes like it's been in someone else's mouth

[-] tektite@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The water is a filtered sap that’s drawn up from the roots and transported through the tree’s vascular system (its water and nutrient transport system), specifically the xylem tissue.

The coconut tree’s extensive root system, ranging from 1 to 5 metres deep, absorbs groundwater – with dissolved nutrients – from the surrounding soil. The absorbed water is then transported upwards through the trunk and branches and finally to the fruit.

The fruit retains this water, stored in the cavity of the coconut. The accumulated water, with its rich nutrients, provides food to the developing endosperm (white flesh).

Therefore, coconut water is neither rainwater nor seawater stored inside, but carefully filtered and nutrient-rich clear liquid formed by the tree itself.

About 95% of coconut water is simply water, making it an excellent hydrating fluid.

How do coconuts get their water

[-] capuccino@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago

Is not juice because you don't squeeze the coconut. Sorry, pal.

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 31 points 1 day ago

You squeeze the lime in the coconut.

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago
[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Then you call the doctor, wake him up!

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

And say "doctor doctor... gimme the news. I got a bad case of loving two."

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 1 day ago

You're such a silly woman!

[-] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 13 points 1 day ago

It also lacks the sugar content characteristic of juice

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[-] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah. I'm gonna start calling juice water. Apple water. Orange water. Grape water. Tomato water.

Also, why do you associate water with holiness and gods?

[-] cattywampas@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

To me, "orange water" is a pitcher of water that has some orange slices chilling in it for a bit of flavor. "Juice" is the stuff results from squeezing a fruit or vegetable to expel its liquid.

[-] semisimian@startrek.website 9 points 1 day ago

I call all of it "sugar water" so that my kids know the two main ingredients.

[-] moondoggie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

“Everybody knows grape is a fruit! Why you gotta say it weird?”

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[-] MuttMutt@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's called coconut water because it's been called that for hundreds of years. It's not something newly created by corporate eggheads. They are just capitalizing on what is already out there.

[-] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's called coconut milk in Finnish.

Also, this seems more like a rant than a question.

edit: My bad, it's actually called water in finnish too. Everyone just refers to it as milk in everyday speech.

[-] mech@feddit.org 20 points 1 day ago

Coconut milk is something different than coconut water.
Coconut milk is white, coconut water is clear.

[-] mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca 12 points 1 day ago

Yeah there’s coconut water, coconut milk, and coconut cream. Totally different!

[-] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Also you can tap their blossoms for nectar, and make alcohol out of it, or just drink it.

[-] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

Are you suggesting coconuts lactate???

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

No, but an African or European shrew could lactate into a coconut for storage purposes.

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I considered making a "Meet the Parents" reference, but I'm not happy with what I've come up with.

Well, what the hell.

"I have nuts, Greg. Can you milk me?"

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 2 points 1 day ago

They are hairier than many mammals.

[-] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Coconut milk is different than coconut water. Coconut milk they make from the flesh of the coconut, squeeze it or whatever, the water is flioating as is inside the coconut. They sell the coconut milk in cans for cooking stuff, and it's white like milk sort of, coconut water is clear-ish.

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[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

Not near as big of a sin as "vitamin water" calling itself water.

[-] HobbitFoot 10 points 1 day ago

Not really, mainly due to how the liquid is stored.

I generally think that juice is within the flesh of the fruit that needs to be squeezed out. I can't drill a hole in a watermelon to drink watermelon juice, but I can drill a hole in a coconut and drink the coconut water.

[-] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

Finally somebody is taking on Big Nut Water

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The juice from a coconut is mostly water. We also call watermelon watermelon and that is more juice like than coconut water. They should be called juicemelons. 🤷‍♂️

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

But if the flesh of a melon is squeezed and the liquid collected, it becomes watermelon juice.

Water juice.

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Another conspiracy from Big Watermelon.

[-] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

I've never thought about that but I'm going to come up with a reason.

I'll say it is water because it can be just poured from inside the coconut, you just need to poke a hole.

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[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago

Coconut cum

[-] Paragone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

it should be labeled as sooo high in potassium that it kills dogs.

The people saying that coconut-milk is different from coconut-cream is different from coconut-water are right, btw.

https://nativepet.com/blogs/health/can-dogs-drink-coconut-water

Potassium-overdose is the standard method for inducing heart-stop, ie in executions in China, & in other cases where medical-heart-stop is required.

Dogs're small, & so the potassium-concentration in coconut-water is more proportional to their entire-bodymass than it would be for the same size drink compared with a human drinking it.

their metabolism's hotter, too,

& there's an entire chemical-family ( which is represented in chocolate, alcoholic-drinks, etc ) which is lethal to many animals but not to us ( dogs, parrots, can't remember if cats, etc. )

_ /\ _

[-] SolSerkonos@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago

Why? We don't label anything else that can kill dogs. Just don't give human food to your dog without at least double checking that it's safe.

It's really hard to overdose on potassium from foods for a human so it's not really a concern for us unless there's some sort of complication.

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[-] skullve 1 points 1 day ago

Coconut water is the liquid endosperm found in the cavity of the nut. Coco"nut".

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

I didn't know coconut water was a thing until now, was only aware of coconut milk.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

milk, cream is used for cooking.

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