Nuts
Young Flesh
Young coconut flesh is translucent jelly lining drinking-stage nuts—spoon-tender, moist, and lightly sweet. Eat it fresh with the water, in smoothies, or chilled desserts; it is not a grating flesh for thick milk or copra. High water activity means fast spoilage once opened—keep cold and finish soon. Good jelly is clear to white and clean-smelling; pink, sour, or slimy jelly is refuse. Do not dry young jelly and expect desiccated mature coconut behaviour. Handle gently; the soft meat tears easily.
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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 51.3 g
- Saturated Fat 7.33 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 26.9 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 14.6 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.79 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 17.8 g
- Dietary Fibre 8.42 g
- Total Sugars 3.94 g
- Complex / starch 4.97 g
- Protein 18.7 g
- Water 4 g
- Energy 592 kcal
- Water 4 g
- Carbohydrates 17.8 g
- Protein 18.7 g
- Fat 51.3 g
- Saturated Fat 7.33 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 26.9 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 14.6 g
- Omega-3 1.46 g
- Vitamins 90.2 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.23 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 2.23 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.55 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.16 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 16.3 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 43.1 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 5.29 mg
- Vitamin K 5.2 µg
- Minerals 292 mg
- Major Minerals 291 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.23 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.17 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 2.23 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.55 · vitamin-b6: 0.16 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 16.3 · vitamin-b9-folate: 43.1 · vitamin-e: 5.29 · vitamin-k: 5.2 ·
Minerals
Young Flesh 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.