Red Juice With Nata De Coco: Flavors, Pack Sizes, And Specs

Red juice with nata de coco is a fruit juice drink made from red fruits such as strawberry, pomegranate, red grape, watermelon, or pink guava, with chewy cubes of nata de coco suspended in the juice. The red color comes from natural fruit pigments, and the nata de coco adds texture while taking on the flavor of the juice.

This guide explains what red juice with nata de coco is, which red fruits are used, what makes the juice red, and what to check on the label. It then lists the red flavors Nico makes, with pack sizes, container loading, and ordering terms for importers. This guide comes from Nico Brands, the brand portfolio of Nico Trading Company Limited, a Vietnamese manufacturer and exporter of nata de coco drinks.

What Is Red Juice With Nata De Coco?

Red juice with nata de coco is a ready-to-drink juice drink that combines red fruit juice with cubes of nata de coco, a chewy gel made by fermenting coconut water. Most products are juice drinks rather than 100% juice: they blend fruit juice with water and sugar. In the United States, any beverage that contains fruit juice must state its juice content on the label, for example “contains 30% juice” (21 CFR 101.30). The nata de coco itself consists of water and cellulose and tastes almost neutral, so it carries the flavor of the juice around it (International Coconut Community).

Which Red Fruits Are Used In Juice With Nata De Coco?

Five red fruits are common in juice drinks with nata de coco: strawberry, pomegranate, red grape, watermelon, and pink guava.

Fruit	Main red pigment	Flavor in the drink
Strawberry	Anthocyanins	Sweet and slightly tart
Pomegranate	Anthocyanins	Tart and fruity
Red grape	Anthocyanins	Sweet and rounded
Watermelon	Lycopene	Light and mildly sweet
Pink guava	Lycopene	Tropical and fragrant

What Makes The Juice Red?

Two groups of natural pigments make the juice red: anthocyanins in strawberry, pomegranate, and red grape, and lycopene in watermelon and pink guava. Anthocyanins are red in acidic conditions and turn blue in alkaline conditions, so they stay red in fruit juices, which are naturally acidic (Khoo et al., 2017). Lycopene is a red carotenoid pigment; watermelon has as much or more lycopene than raw tomatoes, about 40% more on average (USDA Agricultural Research Service), and red-fleshed guavas, often sold as pink guava, also contain it (Wikipedia).

What Should You Check On The Label?

Check five things on the label of a red juice drink with nata de coco: the juice percentage, the juice type, the nata de coco share, the sugar content, and the pack size.

1. Juice percentage: the share of real fruit juice, stated as a percentage in markets such as the United States.
2. Juice type: not-from-concentrate (NFC) juice comes from pressed fruit, while juice from concentrate is reconstituted with water.
3. Nata de coco share: the percentage of nata de coco cubes in the drink.
4. Sugar content: grams of sugar per 100 ml, which matters for sugar taxes such as the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy.
5. Pack size: bottle or can volume, which affects price per serving and shelf space.

Which Red Flavors Does Nico Make?

Nico makes red juice drinks with nata de coco under two brands: Nico Nico, in strawberry, pomegranate, red grape, and watermelon, and Zuni Zuni, in strawberry, watermelon, and pink guava. The 250 ml, 320 ml, 490 ml, and 500 ml Nico Nico and Zuni Zuni drinks contain 15% nata de coco and 30% or 55% not-from-concentrate (NFC) juice. Nico Nico serves most export markets, while Zuni Zuni serves the United States, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Arabic-speaking Middle East markets.

Brand	Flavor	Pack sizes	Juice content
Nico Nico	Strawberry	320 ml, 500 ml, and 1,000 ml PET	30% NFC juice (320 ml and 500 ml)
Nico Nico	Pomegranate	320 ml PET	30% NFC juice
Nico Nico	Red grape	320 ml and 500 ml PET	30% NFC juice
Nico Nico	Watermelon	320 ml PET	30% NFC juice
Zuni Zuni	Strawberry	320 ml PET	30% NFC juice
Zuni Zuni	Watermelon	500 ml PET and 490 ml can	55% NFC juice
Zuni Zuni	Pink guava	250 ml can	30% NFC juice

See the full ranges of the Nico Nico juice drink with nata de coco and the Zuni Zuni NFC juice drink with nata de coco.

Pack Sizes And Container Loading For Red Flavors

Nico’s red flavors come in five pack formats, from 250 ml cans to 1,000 ml bottles, packed in cartons or trays of 12 or 24.

Pack	Units per carton or tray	Gross weight	20 ft container	40 ft container
320 ml (10.8 fl oz) PET	24	9 kg (19.8 lb)	1,890 cartons	3,100 cartons
500 ml (16.9 fl oz) PET	24	13 kg (28.7 lb)	1,240 cartons	2,000 cartons
1,000 ml (33.8 fl oz) PET	12	12 kg (26.5 lb)	1,240 cartons	2,000 cartons
250 ml (8.5 fl oz) can	24	7 kg (15.4 lb)	3,090 trays	3,850 trays
490 ml (16.6 fl oz) can	24	13 kg (28.7 lb)	1,520 trays	2,000 trays

How Do You Order Mixed Red Flavors?

You order Nico’s red flavors by the container, mixing up to 4 flavors for packs of 320 ml or smaller and up to 3 flavors for larger packs, with at least 350 cartons per flavor. The minimum order applies to each brand line and pack size, so a container works best with one line and one size. Nico ships FOB, CFR, or CIF from Ho Chi Minh City port, and production takes 30 to 35 working days after the deposit and label approval, plus 5 to 7 days when sticker labels are needed.

Red Juice With Nata De Coco: Key Takeaways

Red juice with nata de coco combines red fruit juice with chewy nata de coco cubes, and its color comes from anthocyanins in strawberry, pomegranate, and red grape or from lycopene in watermelon and pink guava. Most products are juice drinks, so check the juice percentage, juice type, nata de coco share, sugar, and pack size on the label. Nico makes red flavors under Nico Nico and Zuni Zuni in pack sizes from 250 ml cans to 1,000 ml bottles, with 15% nata de coco and NFC juice in the 250 ml to 500 ml formats. For background, read what nata de coco is and its ingredients, or learn how to make pink nata de coco at home with natural colors.