Patent ID: 8679562

Claim:
A method of preventing oxygen from contacting coconut water and initiating irreversible oxidation ructions, which cause rapid degradation of consumer benefit attributes associated with coconut water, during extraction from a coconut, the method comprising: penetrating shell of a coconut with a probe, the probe further comprising a gas inlet and an egress port, the coconut further comprising a coconut water; injecting a pressurized gas into the coconut through the gas inlet, the pressurized gas preventing oxygen from entering the coconut; and allowing at least the pressurized gas to effectuate the coconut water transfer, by way of the egress port, from the coconut to an oxygen free collection vessel which comprises the pressurized gas and is operationally coupled with the egress port, the oxygen free collection vessel maintains the coconut water in a manner which prevents initiation of irreversible oxidation reaction degradation, the pressurized gas being either nitrogen, inert, or noble gas.