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The water

Two ingredients.

Water, purified by reverse osmosis. Oxygen, held in it. That is the whole label.

Energy
0 kcal
Protein · carbohydrate
0 g
Sodium · Ca · Mg · K
0 mg
pH
6.9
Hardness
0 mg/L
Total dissolved oxygen
≥ 200 mg/L1
WOX 16.9 fl oz bottle 16.9 fl oz · 500 mL · PET

The label, typed out.

Two ingredients: purified water and oxygen. No minerals added, no flavor, no preservative, no carbonation. The table is the entire nutrition panel, per 100 mL.

Energy0 kcal
Protein0 g
Carbohydrate0 g
Sodium0 mg
Calcium · Magnesium · Potassium0 mg
pH6.9
Hardness0 mg/L
Total dissolved oxygen≥ 200 mg/L1
WOX 10.1 fl oz and 16.9 fl oz bottles
Both sizes. Same water.

Oxygen that stays.

Ordinary oxygenated water is made by forcing oxygen into water under pressure. Open the bottle and the oxygen begins to leave. In WOX, oxygen molecules are held inside a lattice of water molecules. The structure is called an oxygen clathrate hydrate, and it was new enough to be patented as a substance in the United States, Japan, and China.2 It holds through heating to 100 °C.3 It is why the number on the label is still true when you drink it.

The science

Three formats.

WOX 8-liter dispenser, hot and cold

WOX 8 L with dispenser

Hot and cold. For stations, offices, training rooms, and remote sites. By inquiry.

Volume
8 L
Dispenser
Hot / cold
Safety
Double child lock
Warranty
1 year

Sip. Don't chug.

In Japan, most people drink one 16.9 fl oz bottle a day, a few mouthfuls at a time. It's water, so there is no dose. This is the pattern the company suggests and the pattern athletes there follow.

Cold, room temperature, or warm. The company suggests trying it at about 104 °F (40 °C). Don't boil it.

On waking

A few mouthfuls before coffee.

Through the day

At the desk, in meetings, in the car.

Around training

Some before. Sips during. The rest after.

Evening

Before bed.

WOX cap showing the printed best-by date
Best-by, year · month · day, printed on the cap.

The oxygen is tougher than the bottle.

The oxygen in WOX survives freezing and boiling.3 The PET bottle does not. Don't freeze or heat the sealed bottle; it can deform and the cap can pop. Store it out of direct sun and heat. Once opened, refrigerate and drink within a day or two. It is filled to the brim, so open it over the sink the first time.

Made in Japan, the same way since 2011.

Municipal water is purified by reverse osmosis. Pure oxygen is mixed into it at low temperature in a patented device: a disk studded with pins that vibrate and cavitate as the water passes, dispersing the oxygen until it is held in clathrate form.4 The water is bottled at contract plants in Japan, then shipped to the United States. Over seven million bottles since 2011.5

How it's made

Open case of 24 WOX bottles
Six WOX bottles
WOX-branded retail refrigerator stocked with bottles

Sources

  1. Label value; patented total-DO method, US 10,018,605 B2. Standard DO meters undercount oxygen held in clathrate form.
  2. US 10,913,037 B2; JP 7087235; CN ZL 2015 8 0071029.1.
  3. US 10,913,037 B2, examples: clathrate-held oxygen retained after heating to 100 °C at ambient pressure.
  4. US 9,943,815 B2, mixing device with a pinned disk-shaped mixing section.
  5. MediScience Espoir company data to March 2026.