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Desiccated coconut is made by grating the white, mature coconut flesh finely, before drying out in hot air at about fifty five degree Celsius. It retains about 3% of the coconut’s moisture but is dry to the touch and taste. The desiccated coconut you will discover most often is finely grated but it can also be shredded, flaked or else processed into grains or chips. Most desiccated coconut is totally unsweetened as well as has nothing added to it, bar the occasional preservative to prolong shelf life. However, it may also have artificial sweeteners, flavourings or colours added to it, which means it’s important to check the label. Shredded coconut is grated into larger pieces than desiccated, so is not as easily dried out.

The word desiccated is often assumed to be a variety of processing not dissimilar to shredding, but actually, it means ‘to dry out and remove all moisture’. Desiccated coconut, therefore, is dried out as well as shredded coconut flesh or meat, as it is known in the food industry. Desiccated coconut is made by grating the white, mature coconut flesh finely, before drying out in hot air at about fifty five degree Celsius.

You have possibly seen plastic packets of white desiccated coconut on superstore shelves, but other than being scattered over a dessert; do you know what else it’s used for, or what desiccation really means? What is Desiccated Coconut? The word desiccated is often assumed to be a variety of processing not dissimilar to shredding, but actually, it means ‘to dry out and remove all moisture’. Desiccated coconut, therefore, is dried out as well as shredded coconut flesh or meat, as it is known in the food industry. Desiccated coconut is made by grating the white, mature coconut flesh finely, before drying out in hot air at about fifty five degree Celsius. Desiccated Coconut It retains about 3% of the coconut’s moisture but is dry to the touch and taste. The desiccated coconut you will discover most often is finely grated but it can also be shredded, flaked or else processed into grains or chips. Most desiccated coconut is totally unsweetened as well as has ...