ZICO (beverage)


ZICO Beverages is an American beverage company that manufactures coconut water.
In 2013, ZICO was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company.

History

ZICO was founded in 2004 by Mark Rampolla after being introduced to coconut water as a Peace Corps volunteer in Central America.
In 2009, The Coca-Cola Company purchased a minority stake in ZICO and increased that to a majority stake in 2012.
In 2013, Coca-Cola purchased the outstanding stake, acquiring ZICO in the process.

Ingredients

ZICO contains pure coconut water - often in concentrate form, which has been the source of a litigation.

Flavors

ZICO's coconut water comes in a variety of flavors including natural, chocolate, jalapeno mango, and watermelon raspberry.