AquaBotanical fruit and veg water wins innovation award

An Australian-grown, world’s-first product has been recognised for innovation by the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST).

AquaBotanical, the world’s first water that is harvested 100% from fruit and vegetables, won the Food Industry Innovation Award at the AIFST 48th Annual Convention in Sydney.

The AIFST was impressed with Mildura-based AquaBotanical’s innovative and patented process of utilising aqueous fraction from fruit and vegetable juice concentrate production and developing it into a water that is potable, palatable and storable.

Dr Ambrosios Kambouris, AquaBotanical’s inventor and founding director, spent five years researching and developing the product, which not only offers alternative water sources to drought-prone countries like Australia, but also has the potential to save lives in countries where clean and safe drinking water is scarce.