Shredded Young Coconut (Frozen)

Buenas brand of Kinayod na Buko (Grated or Shredded Young Coconut) 16oz

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Has French on the label. Jeune Noix de Coco. Garder Congele.

Poids net: 454 grams = 16 oz

Store at -18 degrees centigrade / Celsius

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) are both systems intended to ensure the safety of food. GMP and HACCP are on this product’s label.

Buko is tender young coconut flesh.

To compare, niyog is the mature tough coconut meat that is often grated or shaved — this is what Americans are more familiar with.

Very different texture and corresponding uses.

What can you use shredded young coconut for?

If you like your coconut juice with real bits of coconut in it, this young coconut is what you would use instead of the grated “old” coconut.

There is also a Filipino drink / dessert / flavoring called buko pandan, which is a combination of young coconut and green jello-like bits made from screwpine leaves. So you could mix these shreds of young coconut with the cubes of green “gelatin” or agar-agar.

You can find this product in the freezer section of Filipino stores. It’s like a flat rectangle of white-colored ice fitted snugly inside a plastic bag. There are many different Filipino and Filipino-American brands like Angelina, Lakambini, Jonas, Kapuso, Masagana, Handaan, and Tropics. Other countries like Vietnam also have their own brands that you can spot at pan-Asian supermarkets.