Coconut Ingredients
Coconut products are at the very heart of our business and with strong connections built with specialist producers across the Far East, we are ideally placed to offer a totally comprehensive range of coconut ingredients for all uses. We like to think that we are truly the “One Stop Shop” for everyone’s coconut requirements.
Importing from The Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka we source only from partners we regularly visit and audit to ensure that the rigorous standards that are needed are fully maintained. All our coconut suppliers have been awarded full BRC status.
Over the past 15 years our business has grown to be the UK’s single largest importer of coconut and coconut ingredients and one of the biggest in Europe. We are proud to have developed an enormous wealth of coconut knowledge that we share with our customers.
Desiccated Coconut
We keep sizeable stocks of fine, medium and extra-fine grade desiccated coconut, which also can be sweetened or toasted. All varieties are ideal for all types of bakery, cakes, and biscuit manufacturing, and increasingly in savoury products too. This stalwart of the coconut range remains an ideal way to add flavour and texture to a wide range of dishes.Coconut Flour
Coconut Flour is a gluten-free flour made solely from coconut, which is high in fibre and a good source of protein. Our Coconut Flour goes through a unique milling process to ensure the product remains free-flowing and workable for large and small-scale users. At 65% fat, our coconut flour offers a big flavour impact for both sweet and savoury dishes.
Fancy Cut Coconut
We carry a range of fancy-cut desiccated coconut in both raw and toasted formats and shreds and threads in both sweetened and unsweetened formats. These are ideal for specialist bakery, confectionery and breakfast cereal work. This is an area where high quality is absolutely essential. Our varieties ensure that we are the “go-to” business for the UK and Continental major food manufacturers.
Coconut Milk & Cream
Aseptic Coconut Milks are hugely popular with demand coming from a wide range of users across the food industry. Only the best quality coconuts are selected to produce the highest quality coconut cream using state-of-the-art manufacturing technology and equipment. Our coconut milk and creams contain no additives or stabilisers and are fully homogenised, providing a perfect blend during food manufacturing.
Creamed Coconut Squares
This is a specialist coconut ingredient which we are proud to have developed. They can be delivered in a convenient format for handling and use in a manufacturing environment. Using a unique manufacturing process, we form the product into uniform, free-flowing, squares that melt evenly when used. This product can be the most cost-effective way of putting coconut fat into both savoury and sweet products.
Coconut Milk Powder
Coconut Milk Powder is ideal for use in dips and dressings, especially where there is no further heat treatment carried out. It dissolves easily and is an excellent shelf-stable ingredient for confectionery or savoury dishes. Combine with hot water to replicate coconut milk, then use it as a flavouring for ice cream, yoghurt, sauces, and beverages.
Coconut Sugar
The availability of coconut sugar has meant that many manufacturers are considering its uses very carefully. The Low GI rating makes it a fantastic ingredient. Its use in ethnic cooking has been widespread for years but due to difficulties in the supply chain, manufacturers often use cane sugar. Coconut sugar has a rich, caramel flavour which is especially appealing in desserts as well as savoury dishes.
Coconut Water
The demand for coconut water has risen dramatically over the past few years, it has now become a staple in the beverage industry as well as a very useful ingredient to dilute the more expensive fruit juices and to also reduce the overall sugar content of fruit juices. Coconut water is known for its natural source of minerals, anti-oxidant properties, and health benefits.
Virgin Coconut Oil
Virgin Coconut Oil is the edible oil extracted from pressed coconut meat and undergoes no further processing to retain the great coconut flavour and scent, with numerous health benefits and antioxidant properties. Virgin Coconut Oil has a multitude of different uses such as cooking oil alternatives, bakery products, savoury dishes, and the cosmetics and beauty industry.
RBD Coconut Oil
RBD Coconut Oil is a type of coconut oil that has been refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) which strips the oil of its natural flavour and aroma and removes impurities and increases its shelf life, this process makes this product a popular alternative to palm oil. RBD coconut oil is commonly used as cooking oil alternative, bakery products, savoury dishes, the cosmetics industry.
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