Magic of Desiccated Coconut
Coconut products are foods with natural flavors appealing. The composition and quality of fresh coconut meat is analyzed and studied a lot of work with domestic and foreign, in the range of values as follows: Country: 44. 52%, Protein: 3 to 4.6%, fat 34-41%, Carbohydrates: 9-13%, fibers: 2.3 to 3.6%.
The major nutrients such as protein, sugar, fat are present in coconut. However, the quality of copra vary depending on the time of harvest coconuts (months) and even in the same coconut nutritional content varies by location.
According to the thickness of copra, from coconut jelly casing in the region in order as follows: the outer shell (testa), the near cortex (near testa), the area between the rice (imtermediate region) and areas near water (near water). As close to the water content of coconut fat decreases. When grated coconut, grated layer near the water first and then to the middle and near the crust brown, brown crust was leaving (then forced to utilize coconut oil).
Three parts form copra:
- The polar opposite to the stem: copra is formed first
- The left middle (equator) with the largest circumference
- The polar regions in the stem: formed after the softer, higher water content, and protein, sugar, fat is formed when incomplete and coconut shell hardness formed after so poor, most of all in 3 hole nucleation (eye coconut) to rats carved coconut astute in this area. At the ripe coconuts (over 12 months) in the polar regions due to embryo stem developed into a dream suck up the nutrients in the rice first damage (thinning and viscosity). Germ bud through one of three holes to the outer germ developed into coconut trees.
Concentration of the substance in coconut depends on the age of the coconut harvest (date palm flowers to the left wing came to life was marked as the first day). According to analyzing and researching the most appropriate harvesting of coconuts used in food processing is the mature coconut reached 11 months of age (this time coconut was "shaking water clear", brown-spotted shell ). If harvested earlier than copra has not reached a high fat content, coconut harvested later than capable perishable embryo development by consuming nutrients.
Coconut not only provide the basic nutrients such as protein, sugar, fat but also provide minerals and vitamins present in different proportions according to months, depending on the harvest. In young coconut (6-8 months) are high in minerals, vitamins such as Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, Magnesium, Thiamine, RIBO flavine, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C). The body can absorb 100% coconut water, but only 10% of the minerals absorbed from normal drinking water!
