Coconut water ordinary aluminum cans, Tetra Paks, or plastic bottles, sometimes with coconut pulp or coconut jelly included. Coconut water can be fermented to produce coconut vinegar. It is also used to make "nata de coco", a jelly-like food. Providing 19 calories in a amount, coconut water is 95% water and 4% carbohydrates, with protein and total fat content under 1% each (table). Coconut water contains small amounts of vitamins and dietary minerals, all under 10% of the Daily Value (DV)(table). One health risk arising from excessive consumption of coconut water is an overabundance of potassium in the blood (hyperkalemia), inducing acute
Traditional Candy and Coconut Wrap Traditional Candy and Coconut Wrap Traditional candy and coconut wrap (also known as "Springfield pizza"), is a traditional Cantonese snack. It is usually found on the street, where hawkers keep the wraps in a transparent metal box to sell. It is a wrap with hard sugar (candy and coconut) inside white wafer slice. It was especially famous in Hong Kong during the 1940s and 50s. The most popular fillings included shredded coconut, maltose and sesame. There are several folktales about how traditional candy and coconut wrap first appeared in China. In the monarchy period, elder members of a family would