GUIDE CHOOSE DELICIOUS WAXED COCONUT

Wax coconut is also known as condensed coconut, creamy coconut. In terms of appearance, the tree and fruit of wax coconut are no different from normal coconuts, so you may be mistaken when buying, please learn how to distinguish wax coconut from regular coconut.
Characteristics of waxy coconuts
Waxed coconut has soft, spongy coco, and has a characteristic aroma. It is often used as desserts such as jelly, smoothies, and waxed coconut ice cream.



The waxy coconut tree has a rather low yield, averaging 50-60 fruits/tree/year, and it takes an average of 08 to 09 months to give the copra enough time to wax (enough age). However, natural wax coconuts have a waxing rate of less than 25%, the remaining fruits are like normal desiccated coconuts, used for breeding. That is why wax coconut is quite expensive, and it is difficult to distinguish or check the quality of waxed coconut.

Wax coconuts are concentrated and have the best quality in Cau Ke district, Tra Vinh province. In Ben Tre successfully propagated and planted wax coconuts, but the yield is quite low and the fruit quality is not as good as in Cau Ke area (due to not concentrated planting, and not suitable for soil), so the best wax coconut is still the best wax coconut. Tra Vinh specialty coconut.

For customers who have not had the experience of buying cheap waxed coconut, the common question is how to distinguish waxed coconut and regular coconut. To answer questions about distinguishing wax coconuts and regular coconuts, please refer to some of the ways below.
How to distinguish wax coconut and regular coconut?
Distinguish wax coconut and regular coconut through the thickness of the rice and the consistency of the water

The quality of the fruit is evaluated based on the thickness of the copra, the candy-like consistency of water, and little or no water.



Coconuts are divided into 3 types according to the quality of copra

Special type : waxed coconut has the best fruit quality, Copra is thicker than the copra of a coconut usually has two distinct layers, the copra layer is adjacent to the coconut shell with a structure like the rice paste and the side layer of copra. in the border with the coconut water rising up like cotton.

Coconut water is very thick like jelly/jelly, has a clear white color. Due to the high demand of the market, this quality fruit is almost rare.

Type I: thick, flexible coconut rice, thick or quite acacia water.

Type II: the thickness of copra is the same as normal desiccated coconut, but the rice is soft, the water is a bit viscous.

Type III: thick coconut rice is like normal desiccated coconut, but the rice is soft, the water is like normal desiccated coconut, not thick.
Distinguish wax coconuts based on fruit size

Regarding the size of the fruit (including the shell), wax coconuts on the market are usually divided into oversized (over 1.5kg), large (over 1.2 kg), medium (from 0.7 kg to 1.2 kg). kg) and small (less than 0.7 kg).


Distinguish wax coconuts based on size and color

Wax coconuts have five similarities to regular coconuts: round wax coconut, long wax coconut, edged wax coconut, green wax coconut, and yellow shell wax coconut. The deliciousness and quality of wax coconuts does not depend on the variety, but on the concentration of the tree (whether it is hybrid or not), the time of harvest (whether the wax coconut is old enough or harvested early). .

Experience shows that, at the time of purchase, Special and Grade 1 wax coconuts are almost rare, because farmers harvest coconuts earlier than usual.
Distinguishing waxy coconuts based on shaking and hearing the sound of water

To distinguish the wax from the normal coconut, in principle, we have to use the hand to shake the left to check the sound (of coconut water).

Wax coconut is likened to a dense coconut (with or very little water, and the water is sweet, not liquid like regular coconut water), so when shaken, it will make a sound of "silence" (almost no), or "gurgly" ” (there is a sound of water shaking but the sound is not clear) then it is likely to be the highest quality wax.

The louder the sound of the water, the higher the water, the waxy coconut has not enough water due to early harvest (not enough time to create wax), or waxed coconut but the rice cannot create wax.
Feeling light when holding

Coconut wax when held in the hand feels quite light, far different from regular dried coconut. The reason is that wax coconut has quite a bit of water, and the water has been like candy, so of course the weight will be much lighter.