Desiccated Coconut

Product Description

Indian Desiccated Coconuts
 
Desiccated Coconut is a grated, dried (3% moisture content max.), and unsweetened fresh meat or kernel of a mature fruit of coconut. Dessicated Coconuts are graded by its cutting size, for example, fine grade and medium grade where fine grade is smaller particle size than the medium grade.
 
Process:
1. Removal of coconut husk,  coconut shell, and  thick brown coconut skin
2. Washing of white coconut meat to remove foreign material
3. Blanching of white coconut meat to reduce the number of microorganism to the safe level fit for human consumption within its shelf life
4. Cutting of white coconut meat into the desired size
5. Hot air blow drying the grated white coconut meat to reduce the moisture content from 19% to less than 3%,
6. Cooling of desiccated coconut
7. Sieving of desiccated coconut to separate desiccated coconut as according to the desired size
8. Finally, packing of desiccated coconut
 
 
Specifications:
Moisture content    3 % Max
Oil content    60% min
Size     Fine
Color    Natural White
 
 
 
Applications of Desiccated Coconut:
Desiccated Coconut is ideal for use as fillers, toppings and as ingredients, especially in the baking of biscuits, snack bars, cakes, cookies and so on...