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The skinny on coconut milk

09 April 2014 By Randal Oulton 1 Comment

Coconut Milks

Coconut Milks

 

Some coconut milks are really fattening, and the only way you can tell is by checking the labels on the tin. The lighter ones aren’t always marked light, and the really fattening ones are just marked normal.

  • Grace Brand coconut milk is 330 calories (9 Weight Watchers PointsPlus®) per 250 ml (8 oz  / 1 cup)
  • Globe Brand coconut milk is 100 calories (3 ww points) per 250 ml (8 oz  / 1 cup)
  • Maggi Brand coconut milk powder mix is 50 calories (1 ww point) per 175 ml (6 oz / 3/4 cup)

I recommend going with the coconut milk powder mix — if only for the sheer convenience of it. Here’s my review of coconut milk powder.

If you’re worried about the less-fattening ones being too “thin” for your sauces, remember that a teaspoon or two of corn starch (aka cornflour in the UK) packs a whallop of thickening powder without adding a boatload of calories.

Here’s the nutrition info on Globe brand coconut milk, one of the lightest canned ones around:

Nutrition Facts
Per 1 cup (250 ml)

Amount % Daily Value*
Calories 100
Total Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 10g 50%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 70mg 3%
Total Carbohydrate 2g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 2g 4%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

 

Here’s the nutrition info on Grace brand coconut milk, one of the more fattening canned ones around:

Nutrition Facts
Per 1 cup (250 ml)

Amount % Daily Value*
Calories 330
Total Fat 33g 51%
Saturated Fat 27g 135%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 39mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 9g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 3g
Protein 0g 0%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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* PointsPlus™ calculated by PracticallyEdible.com. Not endorsed by Weight Watchers® International, Inc, which is the owner of the PointsPlus® registered trademark.

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Comments

  1. Sheila Jacobson says

    05 January 2018 at 10:25 am

    I purchased pumpkin bisque soup at Pret a Manger in the Chicago loop. One of the ingredients was coconut milk. A small container (cup?) was 100 calories. Delicious. A small (palm size) baguette was complimentary.

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