Every ingredient in Cocofuel, explained

Most cans hide their formula behind a wall of small print. We'd rather show our work. Here's the whole COCOFUEL label, read top to bottom — what each ingredient is doing in the can, and why the list is as short as it is.

The best test of a drink is whether the front of the can and the back of the can tell the same story. Ours is built to. Everything below is exactly what's printed on the panel — nothing added for a blog, nothing left out.

What's in it

Coconut water — the base

COCOFUEL is made on coconut water. Not a splash of it for marketing, and not a concentrate cut back with added water — the coconut water is the base of the can, undiluted. Coconut water naturally carries electrolytes like potassium, which is a big part of why we build on it rather than on carbonated syrup. It also sets the flavour: light and clean rather than heavy and sweet.

Green tea extract & natural caffeine — 80mg

The lift in COCOFUEL comes from natural caffeine, drawn from green tea. There's 80mg in a 250mL can — roughly what you'd get from a standard flat white. We chose a plant source over lab-made caffeine because it's the kind of ingredient you can actually picture. (There's a whole separate post on natural vs synthetic caffeine if you want the detail.)

Magnesium citrate, potassium citrate & sea salt — the electrolytes

Three of the minerals on the panel are electrolytes: potassium (380mg), sodium (120mg) and magnesium (55mg). Potassium comes partly from the coconut water itself and partly from potassium citrate; sodium comes from sea salt — a real, recognisable source rather than a filler; and magnesium is added as magnesium citrate. On the can, magnesium is the mineral we call out under muscle function, and potassium and sodium under hydration support. We keep those descriptions to exactly what the label says.

Natural flavours & citric acid

Natural flavours round out the taste, and a small amount of citric acid — the same acid that makes citrus taste bright — keeps it fresh and balanced. That's the entire flavour system. There are no artificial flavour compounds behind them.

Vitamin C — 20mg (25% RDI)

Each can includes 20mg of vitamin C, which is 25% of the recommended dietary intake. It's on the panel, it's a round, honest number, and that's all we'll say about it.

Stevia leaf extract

COCOFUEL is sweetened with stevia leaf extract — a sweetener that comes from a plant — and nothing else. The only sugars in the can are the 5.1g that occur naturally in the coconut water; none are added. Importantly, we don't use sucralose or aspartame to get there.

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What we left out — and why

A short ingredient list is a series of decisions. These are the five we're most deliberate about:

• No added sugar. The sweetness is stevia; the only sugars are the ones already in the coconut water.
• No artificial colours. The colour in the can is the colour of what's in it.
• No artificial flavours. Natural flavours and citric acid do the job.
• No taurine. We kept the stack short rather than long.
• No synthetic caffeine. The caffeine is from green tea, full stop.

That's the whole formula. The best thing you can do with any energy or hydration drink — ours included — is turn it around and read the panel. If you'd like a hand doing that, the next piece walks through how to read one properly.