For the past few years, alternate, natural sports drinks have gained in popularity as people have realized that many of the conventional sports drinks contain sugar, food dyes, and artificial flavoring. Coconut water was one of the first and most successful of these new, natural sports drinks.

In fact, in 2013, coconut waters collectively topped $400 million in sales.[1] So it’s no wonder that beverage companies are introducing additional plant waters to quench this market’s thirst. And as …