Nuts
Copra
Copra is dried mature coconut flesh prepared as an oilseed intermediate and durable trade product. Food-grade bakery desiccated coconut is usually cleaner and more carefully processed than bulk oil-mill copra—do not assume every copra sack is table-ready. Good edible dried coconut smells sweet; smoke-damaged or rancid lots belong in non-food channels. Moisture control matters because wet copra moulds. Home cooks more often buy finished desiccated coconut or oil than raw copra. Know the grade before cooking with intermediates.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 51.1 g
- Saturated Fat 7.67 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 28.6 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 14.9 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 5.01 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 17 g
- Dietary Fibre 8.08 g
- Total Sugars 3.83 g
- Complex / starch 4.73 g
- Protein 17 g
- Water 8.85 g
- Energy 596 kcal
- Water 8.85 g
- Carbohydrates 17 g
- Protein 17 g
- Fat 51.1 g
- Saturated Fat 7.67 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 28.6 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 14.9 g
- Omega-3 2.23 g
- Vitamins 95.4 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.13 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 1.69 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.42 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.12 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 17.7 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 46.7 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 5.74 mg
- Vitamin K 5.7 µg
- Minerals 331 mg
- Major Minerals 329 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.17 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.13 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 1.69 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.42 · vitamin-b6: 0.12 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 17.7 · vitamin-b9-folate: 46.7 · vitamin-e: 5.74 · vitamin-k: 5.7 ·
Minerals
Copra of Coconut: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Austronesian and coastal cultures depended on coconut for food, drink, fibre, and oil.
Colonial trade spread coconut cultivation and copra economies across the tropics.
Desiccated coconut and refined coconut oil industrialised bakery and frying fats.
Virgin coconut oil, plant milks, and hydration culture renewed global coconut demand.