Young Coconut

Quick Details
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Product Type: Tropical & Sub-Tropical Fruit Type: Coconut Style: Fresh
Husk Type: Full-husked Variety: Young Coconut Part: Whole
Cultivation Type: Common Color: Green Certification: HACCP
Grade: A GRADE Weight (kg): 9 Place of Origin: Thailand

Packaging & Delivery
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Packaging Detail: 9 Husked young coconuts per box, According to buyer requirement.
Delivery Detail: 10 Day

Specifications
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Young Fresh Coconut: Very sweet with wonderful juice, soft pulp. The Young Coconuts have
maximum coconut water inside for 70 days Approx.

The Young Coconuts are packed as such there is not damage to the product during delivery
Packing : Husked in Cartons. With logos of required. If specific packaging is required, we would be happy to try and assist.
Loading: 9 Young Husked Coconuts per carton 1 x 20 Foot Container = 910 Cartons (8190 Coconuts)1 x 40 Foot Container = 2050 Cartons (18450 Coconuts)

STAGES OF PRODUCTION:

1. Harvested coconuts are sent to the packing house (Time between harvest and processing is 1-2 days)
2. Select the best Raw material
3. Shaving coconut then husking to make diamond shape.
4. The final product has a flat bottom, round body with a pyramid top.
5. To prevent browning and mould growth on the husk surface, coconuts are dipped in 3-5% Sodium metabisulfite solution for 5-15 minutes. Drying of coconut after sanitization, drain the dipped chemical, by natural air at room temperature (about 23-26 ¢XC) and not over than 2 hours in drying area. Drying area or QC room is the closing room, yellow PVC strip curtain in entrance and has insect control system. After that they were transported from the QC room to the wrapping area.
6. Wrapping with shrink film (food grade) and sticking with brand sticker.
7. Finished products are packed in carton box and stored in chilling room at 15-18 C .Normally, final products are transferred to container on that day ready for shipment.
8. Finished products are inspected and transferred to reefer container which controls the temperature at 2-5 C and inspected the container loading before export to customers. (Manufacturing and loading stage 2-3 days)

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Fruit’s Properties : Young coconut
Common name : Coconut
Thai name : Maphrao On
Scientific name : Cocos nucifera L.
Varieties : Nam Hom
Shape : globular
Colour : green skin, white flesh
Taste : tender and sweet flesh; sweet and scent water.

Preparation and eating
1.Pare the outer rind from the bottom of the coconut (opposite the stalk).
2.Cut the bottom of the fruit wide enough for a spoon to scrape the flesh inside.
3.Dry the juice with a straw and eat the flesh with a spoon.
Usage : – Eaten fresh(water and white flesh).
– Make pie, jelly and desserts.
Storage : – wrapped : 3-4 weeks at 3-6°C, 90-95% RH
– non wrapped : 2-7 days at ambient temperature
Nutrition :

Good source of vitamins B1, B2, C, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, manganese, calcium and copper.

Season
Availadility : year round

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Nutrition value of Coconut 100 g
Energy 22 Calories
Protein 0.2 g
Fat 0.4 g
Carbohydrate 4.5 g
Fiber – g
Minerals
Calcium 24 mg
Phosphorus 18 mg
Iron 0.3 mg
Potassium – mg
Magnesium – mg
Vitamin
Total Vitamin – I.U.
B1(Thiamine – mg
B2(Riboflavin) – mg
B1+B2 – mg
C 3 mg
Niacin – mg