Patent ID: 8586119

Claim:
A method of distributing products which comprise a coconut water, the method comprising: procuring a coconut water that has been extracted from a coconut in a manner that prevented oxygen from contacting the coconut water and initiating irreversible oxidation reactions that cause rapid degradation of consumer benefit attributes associated with the coconut water by injecting a pressurized gas into the coconut, the pressurized gas preventing oxygen from entering the coconut and forces the coconut water to egress the coconut, by way of an egress port, into an oxygen free collection vessel which comprises the pressurized gas and is operationally coupled with the egress port, the oxygen free collection vessel maintaining the coconut water in a manner which prevents initiation of irreversible oxidation reaction degradation, the pressurized gas being either nitrogen, inert, or noble gas; manufacturing a product that includes at least a portion of the coconut water, wherein the coconut water absent contact with oxygen through harvest, processing, and transport remains mostly absent of irreversible oxidation reaction degradation at least until manufacture of the product; and distributing the product to consumers.