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coconut water

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Also known as coconut juice

clear liquid inside young coconuts

Key facts

Energy
79 kJ (19 kcal)
Carbohydrates
3.71 g
Sugars
2.61 g
Dietary fiber
1.1 g
Fat
0.20 g
Saturated
0.176 g
Monounsaturated
0.008 g
Polyunsaturated
0.002 g
Protein
0.72 g
Tryptophan
0.008 g
Threonine
0.026 g
Isoleucine
0.028 g
Leucine
0.053 g
Lysine
0.032 g
Methionine
0.013 g
Cystine
0.014 g
Phenylalanine
0.037 g
Tyrosine
0.022 g

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
liquid
Subclass of
drink
Image
Coconut Drink, Pangandaran.JPG
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natural product of taxon
Cocos nucifera
Commons category
Coconut water
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Encyclopedic overview

A young coconut, ready to drink with a straw Coconut water from a mature coconut Coconut-water vendor on donkey cart, c. 1950. Port of Spain. Coconut water (also coconut juice) is the clear liquid inside young coconuts (fruits of the coconut palm). In early development, it serves as a suspension for the endosperm of the coconut during the nuclear phase of development. As development continues, the endosperm matures into its cellular phase and deposits into the rind of the coconut pulp. The liquid inside young coconuts is sometimes preferred to the liquid of a ripened coconut. Coconut water from young green coconuts is also known specifically as buko juice in Philippine English.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “coconut water” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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