coconut

nutrient value

Coconut milk is a very nutrient-dense food containing calcium, Omega 3 fats, fiber and protein. It’s a rich energy food and contains some fat.

Warning: if you’re on the beach during summer and you catch the scent of someone covered in coconut oil, walking over and licking their skin may be hazardous to your health. Especially if they have big muscles.

Coconut water

This is the clear liquid formed in green coconuts when immature and is one of nature’s healthiest natural thirst quenchers. It contains less than one percent of fat and many essential minerals. It has a salinity that matches human plasma – hence it has been used in emergencies as a substitute!

trivia

About 10 million families make their living from growing coconuts - about 8 million of these are in Asia.

Coconut juice or coconut water is the liquid inside a coconut; coconut milk is produced by steeping grated coconut in hot water then straining; coconut cream is coconut milk cooked down until it thickens, or grated coconut steeped in hot milk instead of water.