What is the nutritive value of coconut milk and coconut?

Answer 1

The coconut for me is the most useful plant in the planet. Coconut meat and milk is proven to be of great nutritional value since the discovery of the virgin coconut oil proves that it has the same nutritive value as the mothers milk.

Answer 2

The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). It is the only species in the genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaves 4-6 m long, pinnae 60-90 cm long; old leaves break away cleanly leaving the trunk smooth. The term coconut refers to the fruit of the coconut palm.

The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropical world, for decoration as well as for its many culinary and non-culinary uses; virtually every part of the coconut palm has some human use.

Coconut Milk Nutrition

Most people are under the impression that coconut milk is nothing but the watery liquid found in coconuts. But, actually coconut milk is a milky white sweet liquid that is obtained from the flesh of mature coconut. There are two types of milk that are derived from coconut, namely thick and thin.

For taking the advantage of thick coconut milk nutrition, the grated coconut meat is squeezed. The squeezed coconut meat is then soaked in warm water and squeezed a second or third time for thin coconut milk. As far as the coconut milk use is concerned, thick milk is used for preparing yummy mouthwatering desserts and sauces. Whereas thin coconut milk is used in the preparation of soups.

Coconut milk finds a special place in many tropical cuisines, especially Thai, Singaporean, and Malaysian. It acts as a source of a wide range of vitamins, minerals, potassium, folate and other vital nutrients. Talking about the coconut milk calorie, 1 cup canned coconut milk contains 445 calories, whereas frozen milk contains 485 calories. Raw coconut milk contains the maximum number of calories, which are approximately 552. Coconut milk is available in the market in different styles of packaging like cans and tetra packs.

Nutritional informationof coconut milk

Nutritional value per 100 ml (average) Nutritional value per 500 ml (average)
Energy 130 kJ/ 31 kcal 650 kJ/ 155 kcal
Protein 3 g 15 g
Carbohydrates 2,8 g 14 g
Lipid 2,1 g 10,5 g
100 ml correspond to 0,23 energy exchange unit


The Nutritional Value for: coconut
Description Quantity Energy
(calories) Carbs
(grams) Protein
(grams) Cholesterol
(milligrams) Weight
(grams) Fat
(grams) Saturated Fat
(grams)
dried, sweetnd,shredd 1 cup 470 44

Answer 3

From: Anu
Question: What is the nutritive value of coconut milk and coconut in general? Is it high in cholesterol?

Ans: Coconut milk contains 3.4 gms of protein, 41 gms of fat, 0 fibre content, 11.9gms of carbohydrates, 430 k calories, 15mgs of calcium, 140mgs of phosphorus per 100 gms. Fresh coconut contains 4.5gms of protein, 41.6gms of fat, 3.6gms of fibre, 13gms of carbohydrates, 444kcalories, 10mgs of calcium, 240mgs of phosphorus per 100 gms. Even though it do not have cholesterol but it increases the level of serum cholesterol due to presence of saturated fatty acids.

http://www.bawarchi.com/health/queries15.html#23

Answer 4

Coconut milk contains 3.4 gms of protein, 41 gms of fat, 0 fibre content, 11.9gms of carbohydrates, 430 k calories, 15mgs of calcium, 140mgs of phosphorus per 100 gms. Fresh coconut contains 4.5gms of protein, 41.6gms of fat, 3.6gms of fibre, 13gms of carbohydrates, 444kcalories, 10mgs of calcium, 240mgs of phosphorous

Answer 5

coconut milk:
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20oD.html

coconut:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HE618