Pure Coconut Milk

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 6:38 am

This is really hard to find. Most have guar gum and sometimes xanthan gum too. Here are some that contain only coconut that Mary Beth told me about:

Trader Joe's Light Coconut Milk
Carib Creamy Coconut Milk
Let's Do Organic Coconut Cream(distributed by Edwards and Sons Trading Co.)

I just tried the third one. It's interesting.....a solid block of coconut cream. You cut off a piece and soak it in warm water to dissolve it. It is versatile because you can make the milk as thin or thick as you like. It is a little grainy though.

Polly

irisheyes13 · Post by **irisheyes13** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:46 am

Good info Polly:)

I have also found Tropical Traditions Coconut Cream Concentrate which is 100% coconut. It too is solid unless it is warmed a bit and then stirred. Water is recommended to make coconut milk as well.

Tropical Traditions has their own website and it's everything coconut including lots of recipes. I found a safe lip balm there as well.

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:33 am

Thanks, Kelly. I need to spend more time on the TT website. I was close to being out of coconut oil, so last Monday I ordered five gallons from there on the last day of a free shipping special. I got it for $27/gal., which was three dollars less expensive than I have found it anywhere else. Then a friend of mine, who is a wholesale distributor for TT told me she could get it for even less! I will have to check out the concentrate, and see what kind of a deal I can get on that!

irisheyes13 · Post by **irisheyes13** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:06 am

I found a website which sells another brand of coconut milk which is free of additives. The brand is Renuka coconut milk and the listed ingredients are only coconut kernel extract and water. I haven't tried it nor have I ever ordered from this online company however they have some other interesting products like almond and coconut flour as well as other gluten free products.

http://www.nutsonline.com/driedfruit/coconut/milk.html

Dee · Post by **Dee** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:58 pm

Oh! That would make great whipped cream, Polly..
Chill it overnight. You could add a little vanilla bean, and a little of whatever
sweetener that you can use and whip it!

~~Dee~~

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:27 pm

I use the TJs lite one, and a full fat one by Golden Star, which I buy at Ralph's. It's the cheapest, and contains only coconut milk and water.

Skyward · Post by **Skyward** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 12:20 pm

I'm just going to add some more info- I recently purchased canned coconut milk for the first time so I could try it in homemade ice cream. I found 3 different brands at a super Kroger- in 3 different places in the store and all different prices too. I tried 2.

The Native Forest organic brand was about $3 for 13.5 oz
It has guar gum added and is 22% fat.
It was separated in the can and the top half was very solid (like crisco)

the Kroger Brand was about $2
it has xanthan gum added and is 19% fat
It was all liquid and about as thick as evaporated milk.

By the way the first ice cream, well sherbet really, was blueberry - a beautiful color and had a fantastic flavor with the coconut undertone. A new favorite for me!

The second batch I made was peach and that didn't turn out quite as delicious- possibly because I tried to stretch the coconut milk with almond milk which didn't help the flavor.

Hopeful · Post by **Hopeful** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:58 pm

I use Goya brand, which you can find in most stores. The ingredients are coconut milk, water, potassium metabisulfite. I usually has solids on top, but they mix in pretty easily.

care314 · Post by **care314** » Thu May 14, 2015 1:43 pm

Thanks Polly,
Where can you find Let's Do coconut cream, T Joe's perhaps?