Nuts
Shell
Coconut shell is the hard brown endocarp under the husk that holds water and flesh until cracked. It is not food. Shell bowls, charcoal, and craft uses are secondary industries; kitchen concern is clean cracking without shard grit in grated meat or milk presses. Sound shells without cracks help keep the cavity free of mould. Do not assume shell smoke is a neutral food wood. Keep shell fragments out of desserts and baby food.
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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 2.5 g
- Saturated Fat 0.5 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.98 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 78 g
- Dietary Fibre 55 g
- Total Sugars 3 g
- Complex / starch 8 g
- Protein 3.5 g
- Water 12 g
- Energy 349 kcal
- Water 12 g
- Carbohydrates 78 g
- Protein 3.5 g
- Fat 2.5 g
- Saturated Fat 0.5 g
- Omega-3 0.08 g
- Vitamins 90.6 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.23 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 2.24 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.56 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 16.4 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 43.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 5.31 mg
- Vitamin K 5.3 µg
- Minerals 324 mg
- Major Minerals 323 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: 2.24 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.56 · vitamin-b6: 0.17 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 16.4 · vitamin-b9-folate: 43.2 · vitamin-e: 5.31 · vitamin-k: 5.3 ·
Minerals
Shell is largely mineral; edible value is minimal except as calcium source when finely prepared.
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.