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*Sydney-based Karpati Corporation claims to have developed an innovative way of producing drinking water from fruit. Company officials claim there is no waste in the process and the by-product is high quality fruit juice concentrate that is exported. *

The business states it has developed a pressure chilling process that produces both high quality fruit juice concentrate as well as pure water from fruit which has no fruit flavour. The company has already Karpati Water has been trialled in various cafes, restaurants and catering outlets and is now launching across Sydney.

The water produced uses a slightly different molecule composition being oxygen-18 rather than oxygen-16 (predominant in drinking water), which Karpati reports is scientifically proven to keep people hydrated longer.

“The unique production process can produce pure water from many types of fruit including oranges, apples or grapes. There is no difference in the quality or taste of the water produced by different types of fruit.

"It produces approximately 3 litres of pure water and 1 litre of fruit juice concentrate from 4 litres of juice. This amount of fruit juice is made from approximately 7-10 kg of fruit, depending on the fruit,” according to the company.

Karpati Corporation is owned by Eva Karpati, an entrepreneur well known in the Australian cosmetics industry for developing natural skin and hair care products free from chemicals. The filtration of water through fruit seems to fit with her business's overall organic health positioning.