Raw Coconut Water Vinegar
 
New!
Organic Raw Coconut Water Vinegar
 The
water inside the coconut shell is packed with nutrients that nourishes the
nut as it prepares to germinate and start growing into a new coconut tree,
which is exactly what would happen if you let a coconut fall from the tree
to the ground and leave it there, given the proper moisture and soil
conditions. Coconut water is high in many vitamins and minerals, especially
potassium. Because it contains electrolytes, it is considered one of the
best natural rehydrating drinks in the tropics. Pasteurized coconut water
retains most of the minerals, and is frequently sold as a sports drink.
Since fresh coconut water deteriorates so quickly once it is exposed to air,
it is best obtained and consumed in the tropics where it can be purchased
fresh, with all the nutrients and enzymes in tact. Packaged coconut waters
must be pasteurized, destroying some of the nutrients. It has been reported
that during World War II coconut water was used in emergencies as IV fluids,
since the nutrient-packed water is completely sterile inside the coconut
until the hard shell is cracked and it is exposed to air.
In the Philippines and other
tropical places, raw coconut water is often left in the open air to ferment,
where it eventually turns into a vinegar. The fermentation process enhances
the nutrients, unlike heat pasteurization. The acidic environment prevents
the growth of undesirable bacteria naturally. Tropical Traditions worked
with professors at the University of the Philippines for several years to
develop an incubation system that could produce clean coconut water vinegar
from our certified organic coconuts (used to make our
Virgin Coconut Oil)
and retain the mother of vinegar (a colony of bacteria cultures) as a truly
raw product. We use the mother of vinegar to inoculate future batches of
organic coconut water vinegar.
Organic Whole Muscabado Sugar
We use only certified organic Muscabado whole cane sugar in the fermentation of
our vinegar, grown by a
cooperative of small scale family farmers in the Philippines. The sugar is
also Fair Trade certified. Muscabado sugar is a whole sugar that is
extracted from the sugar cane using traditional methods. It contains all the
natural nutrients found in raw sugar cane or molasses. Sugar is needed in
the fermentation process, and most other vinegars are made with refined
white sugar. Our Muscabado whole cane sugar is a deep brown in color, which gives
a brown coloring to our vinegar.
While the sugar is needed in the fermentation process, it is used up during
fermentation and there is no sugar content left in the vinegar.
A Truly
Unique Vinegar!
Tropical Traditions Organic Coconut Water Vinegar is truly unique and is the first
of its kind in the US market! Most vinegars are clear because they are distilled
and originally made from white sugar. Our Organic Coconut Water Vinegar is
not distilled, but raw. It contains the mother of vinegar. In the Philippines
most all commercial vinegars are distilled, and the "coconut vinegars" are not
made from the nutrient-packed coconut water from inside the coconut, but from
the sap of the coconut tree which is used to make lambanog, an alcoholic drink
similar to vodka. These "coconut vinegars" are by-products of the lambanog industry.
To make these products, one must harvest the sap of the coconut tree from the
coconut flower bud, which would normally become a fruit-bearing coconut. Hence,
trees dedicated to harvesting the sap for lambanog and the more common coconut
vinegar will never produce coconuts. Tropical Traditions does NOT support
coconut products that prevent coconut trees from bearing fruit (this would
include "coconut sugar" harvested from the flowering bud of the coconut tree.)
Coconut trees in the Philippines have been on the decline for decades, and the
coconut oil from coconuts is also now valued as a fuel source in bio-diesel
production, resulting in less coconut oil availability as a food source each
year. Vinegar made from coconut water, however, does not sacrifice coconuts or
coconut oil in its production, as it is collected from mature coconuts which are
used to make coconut oil, and the same trees can continue producing coconuts
year after year.
Tropical Traditions is the first company to make a truly organic product
from the water of organic coconuts which is raw and fermented with fair-trade organic Muscabado whole cane sugar. This is one of the most nutrient-packed
and healthiest vinegars you
will find anywhere in the world!
For a cool and refreshing healthy beverage, mix one to two teaspoons of Organic
Coconut Water Vinegar to 8 oz. of water.
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