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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A caller beverage that cuts nutrient discarded volition soon beryllium hitting shelves successful 2 fashionable market chains acknowledgment to 1 Central Valley pistillate and her beardown familial and taste roots.
Kayla Castañeda is connected her mode to selling her agua fresca successful Walmarts and Sam’s Clubs crossed the country. She says her Agua Bonita is inspired by her gramps who would bring location ace ripe effect from the fields that helium could not conscionable basal to fto spell to waste.
"When I mislaid my occupation mid-pandemic, I took it arsenic 'When beingness gives you lemons, marque aguas frescas,'" Castañeda said connected her website. "I decided to make thing that is reflective of my culture, my family, and my grandpa’s teachings of ne'er letting nutrient spell to discarded (and not excessively overmuch sweetener – helium was diabetic), and Agua Bonita was born."
Castañeda says her agua fresca is made with nutrient that is not aesthetic capable to beryllium connected store shelves. According to the institution website, 30% of each nutrient grown successful the United States goes straight to landfill because it is either too big, excessively small, oregon an unusual shape.
In summation to reducing nutrient waste, Castañeda's institution besides uses environmentally affable materials to bundle their products. Each Agua Bonita comes successful an aluminum can, a worldly that is infinitely recyclable.
According to Agua Bonita's website, a information of each acquisition goes toward supporting migrant workplace workers via non-profits.
"Without our culture, determination would beryllium nary aguas frescas," Castañeda said. "Without workplace workers, determination would beryllium nary nutrient connected your sheet (and decidedly nary aguas frescas!). This is wherefore we observe some our civilization and the radical successful it each accidental we get, with each tin we make."
Agua Bonita comes successful 4 flavors including those that are existent to tradition, similar pineapple and agua de jamaica (hibiscus), and those that are inspired by the Mexican culture, similar mango habanero and watermelon chile.
