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Beyond Coconut Water

This coconut water is from Thailand, and comes from young coconuts. It's in a glass bottle. It's not certified organic, but we have been told that the trees are chemical free.

Coconut water is a refreshing beverage that comes from coconuts. It’s a powerhouse of nutrition containing a complex blend of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, carbohydrates, antioxidants, enzymes, health enhancing growth hormones, and other phytonutrients.

Because its electrolyte (ionic mineral) content is similar to human plasma, it has gained international acclaim as a natural sports drink for oral rehydration. As such, it has proven superior to commercial sports drinks. Unlike other beverages, it is completely compatible with the human body, in so much that it can be infused directly into the bloodstream. In fact, doctors have used coconut water successfully as an intravenous fluid for over 60 years.

When fermented, young coconut water is an excellent part of gut healing protocols such as GAPS and Body Ecology.

If you want to learn more about the benefits of coconut water, we also stock Bruce Fife's book "Coconut Water for Healing & Health"

$11 for a 250ml bottle

Zenian Coconut Amino Sauce

This sauce is produced from coconut sap and is intended as a replacement for soy based sauces.

Made of pure coconut sap and hand crafted sea salt fermented and aged. It has a very light taste of coconut nectar, medium salty. It is used in food dressings, food ingredients, sauces and condiments

Coconut Amino Sauce Ingredients:

• Fresh Coconut Sap - 40%
• Coconut Nectar Syrup - 20%  
• Coconut Nectar Vinegar - 15%
• Sundried sea salt - 25%

Nutritional breakdown:

Key features and benefits:

• Low Glycemic Index
• Gluten Free
• Non-Soy and Chemical Free therefore non estrogenic unlike unfermented soy
• Contains 14 times the amino acid content of soy
• 17 naturally occurring amino acids
• May contribute to muscle repair and rebuilding
• May enhance brain and nervous system function
• Can assist boost immune system and energy level
  

Some of the oil may have seperated out in transit from the Philippines. To mix back in, place the jar in warm water till the contents have softened. Then mix togther with a knife, or zizz up in a food processor.

Zenian Creamed Coconut

This is 100% pure, unsweetened coconut flesh from a fresh, mature coconut. It's dehydrated, then ground to make a semi-solid creamy-white paste.

Traditionally this is used in curries, or in other Indian, Thai or Caribbean cooking. It's like a concentrated form of coconut cream, and you may have seen it in the ethnic section of the supermarket in blocks.

But now, for the first time in NZ, it's available organic.

Uses:

• can be diluted with hot water to make a coconut cream substitute (especially useful if you only want a small amount and don't want to open a whole tin)
• temper the heat of curries
• add good fats to soups
• thicken soups, stews or casseroles
• add tropical flavour to many dishes
• blend into smoothies
• include in the batter for baked goods
• use in any recipe that calls for coconut butter (which is very similar, just a little lower in fibre)
• makes fantastic sugar free sweet treats like fudge, chocolate and healthy snack bars
• suitable for low carb diets (1.22 grams net carbs per 15 gram serving)

Deb has developed recipes suitable for GAPS patients, or anyone on a sugar restricted diet. See Deb's recipe blog for some recipes, including white chocolate, fudge and nutella.

Coconut oils

We now have a range of 5 different coconut oils. They're not all in stock, but we can get them in if there's demand.

• Zenian from Thailand
• Zenian from the Philippines (3 kinds)
• Green Pastures from the Philippines

See the chart below for the differences between them.

Please note:

If you are using these oils for therapeutic purposes, they may be more potent than the oil you're currently using. Some people take up to 1 Tbs coconut oil in warm water before meals to increase their metabolism and decrease their appetite. With these oils, we suggest you start with 1/2 tsp before breakfast and gradually build up to a larger dose. We also suggest you only take it before breakfast and possibly lunch.

You should also take care not to take too much coconut oil if you think you may have adrenal fatigue. For some people with tired adrenals, it may be too stimulating to take too much or to take it in water on an empty stomach.
 

Zenian Coconut oil (Thailand)

This is a premium quality, organic, virgin coconut oil.

It comes from Thailand, and is extracted with utmost care using state of the art equipment.

This is an oil you can feel confident using in cooking, your skin care regime, or eating straight off the spoon.

This is a very mild oil without a lot of coconut flavour, so is ideal if you want the benefits of coconut with the versatility to use in lots of different ways.

Zenian Coconut oil (Phillipine)

500ml jars of high quality oil from the Phillipines.

This is a delicious oil with a creamy texture and light, mellow coconut flavour.

Zenian Coconut oil (Phillipine)

500ml jars of high quality oil from the Phillipines.

This oil is raw and fermented for 1-2 days. Extra light flavour.

Green Pastures Coconut oil (Phillipine)

Another high quality Philippine coconut oil brought to you from Green Pastures, who also supply our fermented fish liver oils and butter oil.

It is organic, virgin Coconut Oil processed in a traditional cold-pressed method using only choice fresh coconuts and packaged in a unique small batch process. The quality control procedure ensures a consistent, creamy textured, fresh, mild flavoured coconut oil.

Considered by many discerning customers to be the world's best tasting coconut oil, it is also very high potency, so although dearer than other oils, you don't need to take as much.

Green Pastures Coconut Ghee (Phillipine)

A perfect blend of non-heated butter fat extract and organic, virgin coconut oil will make this the family favorite for all your cooking, baking and nutritional fat needs. Casein and lactose free!

Blue Breeze™ Coconut Ghee will have all the medium chain triglycerides: lauric, myristic and caprylic fatty acids found in organic virgin coconut oil, in addition to a full spectrum of omega 3 fats and other important fatty acids found in 100% grass fed ghee such as CLA, butyric, stearic, palmitic, capric, etc.

Coconut Ghee has a fresh, light, buttery taste. It is one of the finest combination of nutritional fats provided in one product and does not require refrigeration.

As with all the sacred food oils offered by Greent Pasture™ Products, Blue Breeze™ Coconut Ghee carries the RAW seal on the label. Look for this seal on all oils offered by Green Pasture™ Products.

Ingredients: 75% Organic Coconut Oil, 25% Organic Grassfed Ghee

$15.50 per kg

Sample pack, 250g

$5

Nutritional information, per 100g:

• Energy - 1852kj
• Protein - 17.4g
• Fat, total - 15.1g
  • Fat saturated - 14g
• Carbohydrate - 59.3g
• Sugars - 6.8g
• Fibre - 37.6g

Zenian Coconut flour

This is a wonderful flour that can be used for gluten-free and starch free diets. Unlike most gluten-free flours, it is a whole food, with many beneficial properties.

It is:

• 100% gluten free
• High in protein
• High in fibre
• Low in digestible (net) carbs
• Can usually be eaten by people on starch free diets such as the IBS, SCD or GAPS diets.

It isn't suitable for people on egg free diets though, as eggs are needed to replace the gluten.

Your first bag of flour comes with a free recipe handout. And when you're ready to try more, we have stock of Bruce Fife's book Cooking With Coconut Flour.

Some questions we've been asked:

Q: Can you guarantee it's starch free? I did Carol Sinclair's iodine test on some dessicated coconut and it went black.

A: We did the iodine test on the flour and it stayed the same colour ie. it passed the iodine test. Maybe the dessicated coconut had some additive in it that was starchy.

Q: Can you use coconut flour on the GAPS diet?

A: It is a fairly new product, so there is no specific ruling, but other coconut products including whole fresh coconut are allowed. So we believe it is safe for all starch free diets - Carol Sinclair's IBS Low-starch diet, Elaine Gottschall's Specific Carbohydrate diet (SCD) and Natasha Campbell-McBride's Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) protocol.

However, because of the high fibre content, we don't recommend it for the Intro phase of GAPS. You can use it in the lead up when you are reducing your starches. And introduce it again after the Intro diet, once you are comfortable on a full range of other fibrous foods like raw vegetables and nuts and seeds. As with all other foods you are re-introducing, start with a small amount to see if you are ready for it.

Q: I can't have eggs but I'd really like to experiment with the coconut flour anyway. Do you have any egg free recipes?

A: You can use it in savoury foods without eggs, for example in meatballs or meatloaf or as a coating for fried foods. But the expert, Bruce Fife, has hardly any baking recipes without eggs (peanut butter cookies, and a pastry recipe using cream cheese), and he has experimented a lot.

One of our customers has successfully used "No Eggs" to make a combination coconut flour and ground almond bread. She leaves in the tin overnight to cool so it doesn't crumble whnen it comes out of the tin. But remember commercial egg replacers contain starches. New note - the formulation of No Eggs has changed and it doesn't hold together as well. She is going to experiment with pumpkin and gelatine.

NEW - another customer has given us this tip. "One 1/4 cup of soaked gelled Chia seeds replaces one egg. I found it works well with the combination coconut / almond bread and doesn't interfere with the flavor."

Otherwise, you can bake egg free with ground almonds, and that may be a better place to start experimenting for some people.

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