Side by Side Comparison of: bai vs Zico Beverages

I really like the Bai coconut drinks. I keep them on hand especially when traveling so I am not so tempted for a high sugar drink. I do add a bit of stevia to it. I also find it soothing to my stomach at times. I love Amazon prime and 2 day delivery. I get what I need without temptations of junk I don't need. Prices are competitive and for me a better value on time, money, and gas.

I am addicted to this water. It only has 5 calories , and offers vitamin benefits . The taste is amazing , especially when you it drink it cold! It has made my resolution to drink less soda ... and more water much easier to live up to !

Love, Love, Love this stuff. Zero calories. Refreshing winter and summer. Stands alone, but is amazing with a touch of your favorite rum. Yeah, bai can't say it but I will. Forget the extortion of Starbuck, Coke, Pepsi, and the other drink options. I have tried them all. This is your best option. Other flavors such as peach, but this one still my fave.

I have tried a few coconut water drinks. This is the first one I have not only enjoyed, but liked enough to buy in bulk. The low calories and natural ingredients are a huge selling point for me. The benefits of incorporating coconut/ coconut water in your drinks are vast and I really like that bai is able to provide this in something that is healthy but still enjoyable to drink.

One of my favorite drinks! Really super when cold and extremely refreshing. Awesome to have it delivered to the front door and so quickly. This is one item I will order again and again!!!!!!

Great tasting drink , doesn't taste like other "natural" coconut drinks but has a great flavor in its own. The best part is that this is a low calorie drink so very nice for those watching there sugar or calorie intake.

I found this natural coconut water to be refreshing and tasty! Not the overly sweet coconut water that you see in the convenience stores. I drank it natural and then if I wanted a sweeter taste I'd add a teaspoon of cane sugar to the bottle and gave it a good shake and that took care of my sweet cravings. This stuff is addictive, because you'll find yourself wanting more! My wife prefers the sweetened variety so I had this all to myself and enjoyed every bottle!

Tastes great. This is an affordable way to get coconut water. Every time I buy an actual coconut, I crack it open and find it to be spoiled. I've given up on coconuts and only buy Zico coconut water now. I don't know why people complain about the flavor. Maybe people just have different tastes. This flavor is not overly sweet, but I'm glad because I don't want a bunch of added sweeteners.

This stuff is so good to me, but you have to like coconut water. I use larger portions of it to mix in with diet shakes, and drink this during my day at work. You can squeeze a lime into this, like the song you are likely familiar with too. I keep the bottles and refill them with coconut water because the bottles themselves are wonderful for keeping the liquid fresh during the day.

Even though I prefer raw coconut taste like the vitacoco, this coconut water tasted little like coconut oil which was not bad at all and I liked the taste. Coconut water is my favorite drinks which does not only provide some beneficial mineral but it also helps you treat jaundice, balance your body stress and also assist body to absorb other food quickly. In my opinion vitacoco and zico are the top 2 product to enjoy greatness of coconut water. Recommended.

This is the coconut water approved by Consumer Lab as having in it what is supposed to be there. I have been drinking it for over two years. It has a good amount of potassium, so much so that my doctor told me not to take prescribed extra potassium if I was going to drink ZICO. I have a lot of faith in it and in Consumer Labs analysis. Of course, drinking coconut water is an acquired taste. Everyone may not like it. It does come in
different flavors. I only drink the original one, no flavor. Do not confuse it with coconut milk. That is something different.

I mainly got this for the straight coconut and amazon gave me a coupon.The raspberry tastes like cough syrup according to my wife, I didn't think they were bad. She refused to try the lime and I thought they were not that great.The pineapple was a good change of pace, but the straight coconut is still my favorite and the only reason I would buy this.

Tastes good and it gives me a little energy boost. This drink does not cause me heartburn like diet sodas do. Four out of five stars because I think this product is over-priced. I've been drinking BAI Cocofusions Molokai Coconut for about 6 months and have decided to give my pocket-book a break. I'll come back if the price of the product comes down.

I like it pretty good. My kids doesn't like the taste but that's because they don't like coconut. Anyway, I can bearing make out the other infused flavors and that's the reason for the one star deduction. But other than that it's pretty good!

Great flavor and low calorie drink. Help re-hydrate, especially on those hot summer days. Have gotten a shipment where the product was more yellow rather than its normal white color. eBay shipped a new one without question. I called the manufacturer, who said it was a difference in suppliers of one of the ingredients. I chose not to drink it, because after trying one like that, which I had purchased in a store, I got stomach cramps.

Pineapple flavor is not the greatest but the rest are pretty good. Raspberry is the best!

I love this stuff, so much so I bought a second case. Unfortunately, quality control was lacking and the 2nd (and 3rd replacement batch) was yellow in color and off in taste from the product I know. (Color should be a cloudy white)So I'll need to find another distributor of this product. Something going wrong in the amazon warehouse.

I like this drink. It has the coconut flavor but it is not overpowering like some other coconut drinks.

I use it as a snack replacement. It fills me up so what the heck.

Had come across a number of comments mentioning that the taste isn't the same as it used to be.

I don't know how it tasted previously, but the contents of this packaging are perfectly fine in taste. I found that cooling the contents a bit tasted much better than consuming them at room temperature or chilling them.

Also, the contents contain more sodium than water but, then again, you derive maximum benefit from coconut water if you use it as protection against dehydration or for replenishment, and not as a substitute for regular water. Also, drinks such as Gatorade or Powerade seemed to make me feel more bloated - so far, I have experienced nothing of that sort with Zico. Admittedly, carrying a Powerade bottle to the gym looks much more normal than carrying a Zico coconut water bottle :-)

For what it's worth, my mom-in-law suffers from hyperacidity and has found the Natural variant of ZICO to be a blessing.

I didn't give this 5 stars because I haven't been consuming it for long to know what side effects there might be, and nothing beats real coconut water, right out of a tropical coconut.

I've been on the search for palatable coconut water for the last month or two and I finally found it in Zico's Dark Chocolate coconut water. Every week, I would drive over to my local Whole Foods, pick up a few boxes of any brands I could find comparable flavors for and I always made sure to buy two or three at once to compare flavors. Nothing ever really stuck taste-wise until I found this and it's absolutely delicious. If you remember drinking Yoohoo as a kid, you'll recognize this taste immediately. I don't know how Zico did it but this tastes identical to that chocolately smooth goodness of my youth but, you know, much healthier. I will say though, it tastes much better cold -- as the bottle says -- but that doesn't mean it's bad when it's warm, it's just better cold, that's all.

I also carry these to the gym and when I run obstacle course races, especially if I'm unsure of what the post-race rehydration drink will be (typically Powerade or Gatorade). I honestly didn't think much to Zico's claims on their site and the bottle that it supports "rapid hydration", whatever that is, but I do know that its huge amounts of potassium have kept me from bonking after a race to maintaining my perk. I typically pound one of these and one to two bananas or Larabars post-race and I've certainly jump started the recovery process better than I ever did with sports drinks or water alone. After I'm done in the gym, I chug some Zico to cool off and wash the taste of electrolyte-flavored water out of my mouth. I can definitely tell a difference in my moods after racing or lifting when I drink some coconut water versus when I'm just drinking water alone.

For me, no brand can touch Zico in the taste department on this one.

I ordered this looking at one show on TV which said this product has lot more vitamins and minerals as compared to other brands. I drink a lot of coconut water after exercising. When I tasted it for the first time, the taste of zico was weird; it tastes like plastic mixed with coconut water- but it does not actually have any plastic. It is just that the coconut water has a different taste. It is not sweet and tastes very bland. But after trying out 12 bottles, I found my older brand to be very sweet. My husband likes Zico better so I guess I am going to alternate the subscription between Zico and the other brand.

I know this coconut water is from concentrate but I still really like the taste. Something about it really appeals to me and I can't quite figure out what, other than perhaps it's not as sweet as some other brands. Regardless of how it compares to the contents of a young coconut, this drink is tasty on its own merits. To be fair, I also get the sense that one might either love it or hate it. It's a shame it's so ridiculously expensive though, because I can chug a bottle in a few seconds.

This is ok. I wasn’t a fan because of the fake sugar taste. I wished it had more coconut flavor and just plain coconut water with out the fake sugar alcohol.

They are good. But the flavors are fake. They basically all tastes same with different flavored smell.

At first it tasted yummy, then I got tired of it. I tried purchasing it again, but no difference. Still not my favorite. I will need to try a different flavor as this one is not up to my taste. I really tried to like it. I will not buy this flavor again. On the other hand, I had 2 friends try and they really like it and bought some at the store.

The product tastes much better cold. I did notice that it is made w/concentrate. I am led to believe that it is not in the same league as pure coconut water.

None of the bottles were past the expiration date but several that I've opened so far have a strange taste & fowl smell. Have had to throw 2 out of the 4 I've opened into the garbage.

This, bottled, Coconut Water is from concentrate. I would not have purchased it had I known. I don't care to go through the trouble of returning some things as I had already drank one by the time I noticed. The taste is OK, though not as good as the products that are not from concentrate. I will be more careful in the future when I purchase coconut water and other products online.

Earlier in the year we received a few shipments of the Zico coconut water because we loved it! Then suddenly, the chocolate was not available anywhere. I sent an email to the company asking what had happened and no reply. Then a few months later, it is back on the shelves. We were so happy! I got a new bottle and brought it home to compare it to the old bottle. This is not the same product that they first sold. The new product tastes good but the old one was SO much better. My husband and I tasted both and agreed that we liked the old one more. I have one bottle of each and will put the new nutrition facts first/ then the old so you can see how the new one doesn't have as many vitamins and minerals as the old. All in grams or mg.Calories 120/110fat 2/2sodium 140/160Carbs 24/23sugars 20/18protein 1/1vitamin A 0/8calcium 4/6phosphorus 2/7iron 6/13magnesium 10/16potassium 600/680So, as you can see, some of the numbers are close but they did change. The new one is still good but I don't think we will be buying it very often. The old one had more of a chocolate milk taste (less sugar, more taste!) and since I don't drink dairy, I loved it. The new one has a slight aftertaste of coconut water so if you don't mind that, I am sure you will like it.

Purchase/Shipping: Although discounted from regular MSRP, this case of Zico Coconut Water was still about 15-25 percent above local prices of the same product where I reside. Nonetheless, it is one of only a few brands of coconut water that can be shipped to APO addresses. This detail alone prompted me to purchase this product. After purchase, my one case of Zico coconut water arrived at my APO address in eight (8) days after purchase. The item was packaged in a box with appropriate air pillows for extra protection. No damage was found on the shipment upon arrival.Product: This product, in my opinion, is not the best coconut water I have tried. I prefer most brands that contain pure coconut water that contain no additives. Zico is mediocre at best.Zico is made from concentrate with "natural" flavoring added. For those who are not aware, that is a technical term for flavors that are extracted from nature and are altered in a laboratory environment in order to enhance the overall taste of the product. The flavor is continuously altered until the final product is one that stimulates the palate of the targeted consumer and is therefore acceptable. The "natural flavor" that has been added tastes quite different from other competitive brands in the market. The product, in my opinion, has a similar consistency to skim milk and leaves an aftertaste that tends to create the want to consume more.The packaging is made of a sturdy plastic bottle that containes both an external plastic seal and one located at the mouth of the bottle once the lid has been unscrewed. I do prefer Zico's packaging compared to other coconut water brands that are bottled in tetra-paks and aluminum cans. The 14-ounce bottles can take more abuse if carried around during excursions outdoors.Overall, Zico is a mediocre coconut water brand that is neither terrible nor terrific. Since it is one of only a few brands that ship to APO addresses this is what I am forced to consume. However, if you reside somewhere where a variety of the industry's products are available, go with another brand.

Zico is a very mild green coconut water that lacks the sweetness of the Vita Coco brand. I mostly drink coconut water for the benefits so the specific taste range is broad for me. I don't like the floating prices on this site because when I purchased it, it was a good deal (especially coupled with free shipping). I've since seen the prices rise to almost double at times PLUS shipping sometimes which is severely unfair. I can find this at the supermarket so if it's not cheap enough here I'm not buying it. Bottom line!

Summary:This Zico is a weak shadow of its former self.Pros: Bottle looks cool?Cons: Price, from concentrate. Taste.In-depth Review:I have been drinking Zico on and off for several years. I thought it was the best of the Vita/ONE/etc varieties. This was back before they were bought by Coca Cola and I was also buying the boxed version.I bought this new bottled version without reading the details and did not realize that this new form was from concentrate. I did not pick up on a 'plastic" taste that other reviewers had. Rather, I just found the taste rather bland and seemingly watered down. Who knew that it was from concentrate, and really was watered down!Something to also consider is whether the recent coconut craze will impact deforestation and local ecologies in developing countries where they come from. It does not seem there are many studies done on this.

Man!!! I loved the previously available tetra pack ones. For some reason, I am not able to really appreciate the goodness of bottled ZICO which has ADDED FLAVOR now. The tetra packs were really refreshing and tasting real. Being from a south-asia country where freshly chopped coconut water are available, I was really impressed with the tetra packs that was available from ZICO previously. With the added flavor in these, I can feel the artificial flavor when I drink from the bottle now. ZICO has to go back and NOT add the flavor to make it REALLY natural and original. But overall I guess I could give a B+ rating on the product.

The flavors sounded amazing so I opted to give them a try. They taste ok. The fake sugar taste is overwhelming. I think these would be great if made with real sugar. Will not buy again. One flavor was fantastic but I can't remember which one off-hand. Not worth buying again to get a few of one good flavor.

Fake sweetener flavor shines through

didn't like the taste - weird aftertaste

Love this product but the delivery stinks. Either it takes two weeks instead of 2 days, or it comes in damaged and open . Not sure what is going on, never had these problems with any other prime delivery. Also the product is good but in general way overpriced.

This particular drink gave everyone at the office diarrhea and stomach discomfort. The infused water, everyone liked.

I love Bai, but order elsewhere. I got a batch that was murky and not like you get in the stores I took a gamble hoping my batch would be good, despite the others who had issues, sadly, it was not.

Just overpriced sugar water. Never noticed any effects of it besides getting fatter.

It's a great price but there is a plastic flavor that made me gag. I drank them all but had to chug them to avoid tasting them.

I started out with the zico boxes, they were ok but not my favorite brand of coconut water. I saw these had a 40% coupon so i jumped on it. I am very disappointed. This product is from concentrate and it tastes like your drinking out of a brand new (plasticy/rubber) garden hose. I don't think I'm going to drink the rest. It seems toxic to me. Probably sat in a hot truck or warehouse for who knows how long from the bottling plant to my doorstep.

Smells funny - I think it's the plastic bottle because I have tried Zico brand before and really like it; however, I had bought the bigger bottle which was in a tetra pak container.

Unfortunate that Zico natural coconut water was reformulated when this bottle was introduced. I like the convenience of the bottle, and find it easy to believe that the bottle is environmentally friendlier than the tetra pak, but the flavor of the coconut water is unpleasant--the kindest characterization I can come up with is "flat". Like other reviewers, I like the flavor of Zico natural coconut water available in the traditional packaging. A look at the nutrition information on the label makes it clear that there is a difference in the two products, though I haven't analyzed the changes. Will not be purchasing any more of this product.

I based my purchase entirely upon user feedback. It may be the packaging (non-hermetic) that is impacting the taste, but this product was simply bland. I reviewed the ingredients and is is reconstituted. Perhaps coconut looses flavor during the dehydration process. Nonetheless, I will struggle through the remaining 10 bottles and cancel my Amazon subscription for it. Off to the next brand...

I paid for 12 bottles but received a box of 6.

The bottle on the right is the product I received from Amazon today. The one on the left was purchased at my grocery store. Both are the same product but the one on the right is a yellow shade instead of white. I am hesitant to drink it for obvious reasons! This is the only flavor I enjoy and have been drinking it for a long time. Giving 1 star for now until I find out if it's drinkable! Otherwise I would give it a 5 because I love this coconut flavor!

Terrible tasting

I love "Bai" drink products but I do not like the Coconut flavor at all. Maybe your tastebuds will feel differently.

Great Product and taste.. Although it came expired..

I purchased 2-12packs of the Molokai Coconut waters, the first 12-pack tasted great. The 2nd 12-pack has a rancid taste with a very strong smell (it smells as bad as it tastes). We threw out 3 trying to find one that didn't taste bad, there are 8 left in the pack and we are afraid to try another one. The sad thing is I ordered 2 more 12 packs before I opened this last defective pack.

ZICO Premium Coconut Water, Natural, 14 fl oz (Pack of 12) product description indicates "100% coconut water, not from concentrate." and "Packed at the source in Thailand for optimum, refreshing taste." However, the actual product received is a concentrated blend of coconuts from Indonesia. This alternative product results in a soured coconut water with a strong flavor of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottling; ie, it tastes like the last swig of water from a rediscovered water bottle that rolled under the passenger seat of the car that you left in long term parking in Albuquerque. It is recommended to find a true product that is not from concentrate for a naturally sweet tasting coconut water. I have been very satisfied with the flavor and quality of Wai Koko Coconut Water 100% Pure Coconut Water, 17.5 oz, 12 Piece

I am a big fan coconut water. I tried different brand and I saw this one on sale and I decided to give it a try. It tastes horrible and it is not close to even coconut water. Unfortunately I opened one box but I returned the other box right a way.This product is made of concentrate with natural additive. It is not organic either. I recommend you to stay away from it and try other brands (like vita coco which is not from concentrate) or C2O (not from concentrate) which in my opinion has the best and closest to the real coconut water.

This product is not the same as their paper box product. I decided to buy these bottles because they were bigger than my last order of the 11oz bottles. I didn't think I needed to check ingredients because the last one 100% coconut water. When I started drinking this bottle I realized it didn't taste right. When I look at the bottle it said from concentrate. I am so disappointed but since I already drank two bottles there is no way to return.

Until recently, I was a subscribe-and-saver of Zico's chocolate coconut water. I loved the rich, dark chocolate flavor. As many other reviewers have mentioned, its taste was reminiscent of Yoohoo and it served as a delicious and effective way to prevent hangovers. A few months ago, I would have given it a 5-star rating, and I was actively recommending it to friends and family without solicitation. Then a shipment came and when I opened the first bottle I noticed a drastic change in the chocolate flavor -- it was far less rich and the drink tasted like it was beginning to spoil. I wrote it off as a defective bottle, but all of the subsequent bottles in that shipment tasted the same. I tried the larger tetra packs, but those had suffered the same fate. A few reviews have mentioned that Zico changed their bottling practices and/or locations at some point. That very well may be the cause, but I noticed another change: the old tried and true Zico chocolate coconut water said "with natural dark chocolate flavor" on the package, but this new package just says "chocolate". Even at the time of this review, the pictures posted for the 33.8 ounce container say "dark chocolate," but that is not what ships. Like Elaine and her sponges, I've gone around to local grocery stores and bought up all of the "dark chocolate" packages I can find, but they are increasingly rare. I fear soon they will all be replaced by the vastly inferior "chocolate" flavor. I don't know whether they intentionally changed the recipe or they're just cutting corners, but either way they have lost a once loyal customer. Why would Zico do this to me? I thought we were pals.

Most reviews gave this a decent score, but in reality you should probably stay away from Zico. I've had Vita Coco prior to this.So, what does Zico taste like? Coconut water... and plastic. It's "all natural coconut water from concentrate" which has a odd taste to it. If orange juice from concentrate bothers you, this should too. It taste much sweeter than Vita Coco.On the bottle it says its gluten free and "non-GMO" with the disclaimer, "Zico does not use ingredients that were produced using biotechnology if bio-engineered versions exist." That's a bit odd, but alright.If you're also looking for a "greener" bottle, this isn't it. I think it taste like plastic mostly because the entire bottle is made from an odd plastic that's unlike other bottled drinks. It's almost unbearable with overwhelming plastic. I wrote this review while drinking one, and can't help but cringe at the fact I bought two cases.

really from concentrate. You've got ot be kidding me. If it's 100% coconut water then why does it list natural flavors. If it's a 100% coconut water then there shouldn't be other natural flavor except coconut water.....question is, what's the natural flavors?There are plenty of brands that are not from concentrate. My money will now go to them