🧠 What is it?

Desiccated coconut is a food ingredient obtained from the dried flesh of the coconut. In the kitchen, it is used as an ingredient in baking, desserts, sweet and savoury dishes, smoothies and muesli, or as a garnish.

🌿 Key features

✔️ 100 % desiccated coconut – no added sugar or other additives; it is simply dried coconut.
✔️ Convenient 200 g pack – a standard quantity for home use in cooking and baking.
✔️ Distinctive coconut flavour and aroma – sweet, exotic and blends well with other ingredients.
✔️ Suitable for desserts, cakes, biscuits, salads, muesli and other dishes.
✔️ Versatile use: It can also be used as a topping for ready-made dishes or as an ingredient in exotic dishes.

🧾 Ingredients and allergens

• Ingredients: Desiccated coconut (coconut flesh).
⚠️ Allergens: May contain traces of peanuts, other nuts, sesame or sulphur dioxide/sulphites depending on the manufacturer and packaging.

🧠 Nutritional values (approximate per 100 g)

Values may vary slightly depending on the specific brand, but the following generally apply:
• Energy: ~660 kcal
• Fat: ~65 g (of which saturated fatty acids ~57 g)
• Carbohydrates: ~24 g (of which sugars ~6 g)
• Fibre: ~16 g
• Protein: ~6–7 g
• Salt: very low amount
(figures based on a comparison of grated coconut products)

🍽️ How to use

➡️ For baking: Add to the batter for cakes, biscuits, pound cakes or energy bars for an exotic flavour.
➡️ As a topping: Use to decorate cakes, pastries, fruit salads or yoghurts.
➡️ Smoothies & muesli: Ideal for enriching breakfast mixes or smoothies.
➡️ Savoury recipes: Also great in Asian salads, curries or as part of exotic dishes.

📦 Storage

• Store in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight.
• Once opened, reseal the packet to keep the coconut fresh.

📌 One-sentence summary

🥥 200 g desiccated coconut is dried coconut from coconuts with a distinctive aroma and flavour, ideal for baking, cooking, smoothies, muesli and decorating desserts.