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Hello Paleohackers,

Does anybody have a reliable source for the nutrient profile of young coconut meat? The soft internal flesh that you scoop out after drinking the liquid. I am mostly in need of a calorie count, thanks :)

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Alinka · Answer 1 · 2012-10-17 05:15:20Z UTC

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I dont know about flesh, but here's the nutrition info for the entire coconut (meat+water): http://tracker.dailyburn.com/nutrition/best_oriental_produce_fresh_thai_young_coconut_calories

BTW, you can't use regular coconut nutrition in the answer above- young coconuts have way more sugar and less fat&protein than mature ones.

answered Oct 17 at 5:15

Alinka
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I've had the same question as the OP. Subtracting the nutrition facts for coconut water from the link you provided (assuming 1 cup of water per coconut) gives: Calories: 224 (270-46) Fat: 10g (10g-0g) Carb: 33g (43g-10g) Pro: 1g (3g-2g) This is making several assumptions, so it might not be quite accurate. – Ryan Oct 17 at 12:01

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Meant to include the link for the nutrition facts for coconut water: nutritiondata.self.com/facts/… – Ryan Oct 17 at 12:02

Healthy · Answer 2 · 2012-08-05 22:31:00Z UTC

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You can go to http://www.candidacounsel.com/coconut-nutrition.html

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http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/3718?fg=&man=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=&qlookup=coconut+meat

This is nutritional information for raw coconut meat.

answered Aug 5 at 22:31

Healthy
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The USDA info says it's form mature coconut... – Awkward_Raven Aug 6 at 0:16

CICO Suave · Answer 3 · 2012-08-20 06:00:15Z UTC

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Sorry, but 'young coconut flesh' sounds more than a little pornographic.

answered Aug 20 at 6:00

CICO Suave
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Jackie · Answer 4 · 2012-12-03 18:08:13Z UTC

I buy raw frozen organic coconut water from exoticsuperfoods.com (which I highly recommend, though expensive, it is addictively delicious) and they also sell the young coconut meat, and this is the information they provide.

They do their own computation (seal on document is Food Safety Central Laboratory Thailand) because they use Thai coconuts which are slightly sweeter than South American coconuts.

1/2 cup (about 100 grams) of young coconut meat with the water pressed out:

90 calories, 50 from fat 6 grams total fat -4.5grams saturated fat

0 cholesterol 15 mg sodium 410 mg potassium

9 grams total carb -3 grams dietary fiber -3 grams sugar

2 grams protein

Then it also has 6% vitamin c, 2% iron, 8% magnesium and 4% phosphorus.

Definitive nutritional information for Young Coconut flesh?

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