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I love coconut butter -- shd I be worried about the fructose and or carbs?

edited Mar 14 2011 at 18:42

Elizabeth
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asked Mar 14 2011 at 17:57

KL
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	Do you mean coconut oil? – Dave S. Mar 14 2011 at 18:17
	^^Probably not, since coconut oil is fat. – Ikco Mar 14 2011 at 18:33
	Curoious about this as well. I eat this stuff like candy, literally. Soo good. – Todd Mar 14 2011 at 18:44
	Coconut butter is different -- has some of the pulp in it. – Ambimorph Mar 14 2011 at 20:18
	its also called Manna.....Nutiva makes it without sugar. – The Quilt Mar 14 2011 at 21:29

GHarkness · Answer 1 · 2011-03-14 18:43:33Z UTC

No, he means coconut butter, I'm pretty sure. This is the very finely ground-up meat (including fat) of the coconut. It is absolutely delicious, but it is not the same thing as coconut oil (which is also pretty good, imo). Depending on the brand, it's more or less grainy. Something like peanut butter, but the oil separates out even more easily in the warm weather, and less easily in the cool.

Having said all that, I'm not sure the answer to your actual question.

According to one nutritional status site I read, 2 Tablespoons of coconut butter contain 7 grams of carb, of which 5 is fiber and the rest is sugar. Taken as a whole coconut butter contains 87.1% calories from fat. Excellent!

Elizabeth · Answer 2 · 2011-03-14 18:45:26Z UTC

Looks like it's just pureed coconut meat: http://www.premierorganics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=35

So whatever nutritional data available on that will work. http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/nut-and-seed-products/3106/2

Ikco · Answer 3 · 2011-03-14 19:29:59Z UTC

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This seems very similar to coconut cream concentrate and if so, it's DELICIOUS.

answered Mar 14 2011 at 19:29

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	It is the same thing and YES very yummy!!! – KL Mar 14 2011 at 19:48
	in my area (australia); coconut cream contains water & does not contain any fiber, whereas coconut butter contains no water & does contain fiber – daz Mar 15 2011 at 1:26
	just noticed the word 'concentrate', yep i agree, its the same as 'butter' (has fiber & no water) – daz Mar 15 2011 at 2:08

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