You have probably heard about desiccated coconut, however, do you know how it is done? What does desiccated coconut look like? What is the difference between desiccated coconut and the common coconut that we use in most foods?
What is Desiccated Coconut
Desiccated coconut is fresh coconut meat that has been grated into different sizes. Famous cuts are the macaroon or fine, medium, shred, flakes and chips. Same as it can be toasted and sweetened. These varieties are depending to your choice on how you use it. Celebes Coconut Corporation choose to have a 100% percent organic desiccated coconut to serves its global clients a natural flavor and aroma of the coconut. Celebes is the number 1 producer and exporter of world class coconut food products in the Philippines.
Thus, we are still wondering the process of desiccating coconut. Most of the common processes of how to do it are as follows:
- Prepare a bag of fresh coconuts.
- Then remove the brown fibers or its husks all over its shell.
- You break or crack to remove to separate the coconut shell from coconut meat.
- Then, it is better if you soaked it on a clean water to wash it thoroughly.
- Then you can cut or grate the coconut meat depending on your option.
- Put in a dehydrator or bake it into 350 degrees.
- Cool it after.
- Then separate the sizes, put together the cuts with the same size.
- The last procedure is to pack it.
How to determine if the desiccated coconut is freshly done or not. Certainly, desiccated coconut is white as a snow in color. There are no black spots and not yellowish. And absolutely, there is no unpleasant odor.
Hence, as Celebes is known for completing the hundred percent Quality Standard Tests, the company is really conservative on producing desiccated coconut because right after they harvest the coconuts from the tree they make sure that they take them to the factory in immediately. From right there, they ensure the purity as well as chemical and microbiological superiority, before handed and deliver over the best table globally. Celebes make it available in various packages. They have 25 pounds, 50pounds,100 pounds 12.5 kilos, 25 kilos and 50kilo bags. Specially packed in multi-ply kraft paper bags with inner sealed polyliner or outer polywoven (PP) bags is available upon request. Here in our country, the Philippines, Celebes Desiccated coconut is available nationwide. For further and more details, you can read from our blog.
Desiccated coconut is importantly consumable mostly in the industries of cooking and baking especially in confectionery, food processing, food service industry, frozen food industry and consumer products industry.
Celebes desiccated coconut has a unique way of providing nutriments. Even though your favorite coconut food is sweet but because of the coconut it can balance the sugar your intake. In view of the fact that it has saturated fat, it has a lot of nutritious minerals which can help your body become healthier and fit to any physical activities. Your mind will be more alert. It has some especial minerals that will make your physical appearance glower.
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