Re: best pure coconut cream or milk?

[Guest guest]

The best one I ever tried was Thai Kitchen - it is milk and comes in cans,

but they do add Guar gum (I dunno if that's GAPS legal, but it is GFCF).

-Lana

" The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. " - Horton

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Suze Fisher <suzefisher@...> wrote:

> What is your favorite organic, pure additive-free (GAPS-legal) coconut

> cream

> or milk or coconut flakes (not de-fatted) for making the milk? I've tried

> making coconut cream from Artisina coconut spread in a jar and it tastes

> yucky to me - it has a non-fresh taste. I've also " Let's do organic "

> creamed

> coconut and that tasted hideous to me. Again, it doesn't taste like fresh

> coconut.

>

> The only canned coconut milk my local HFS sells that is additive-free is

> Natural Value lite coconut milk, which is the best tasting canned coconut

> milk I've yet tried, BUT, it's much too watery and I don't want to eat

> canned foods with regularity. It looks like making coconut milk from

> shredded coconut might be a more expensive option(?) but might produce a

> better tasting product? I love the ease of just adding warm water to

> hardened coconut cream, but just haven't found one yet that tastes fresh

> and

> good.

>

> I also haven't found a powdered coconut milk that doesn't contain casein -

> is there one?

>

> Eventually, I plan to make my own from scratch, but in the meantime need to

> find a tasty commercial product. I haven't tried Tropical Traditions flakes

> or coconut cream yet - any comments on those?

>

> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

>

> Suze

[Guest guest]

> The best one I ever tried was Thai Kitchen - it is milk and comes in cans,

> but they do add Guar gum (I dunno if that's GAPS legal, but it is GFCF).

Thanks Lana. They do have it at my local HFS but guar gum is not GAPS legal.

GAPS is essentially WAPified SCD. So no " funny " carbs.

Suze

[Guest guest]

Guar gum actually gets a lot of respect in my book, being as it is a

galactomannan. Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) are hard to find - they're

most prevalent in breastmilk and IMHO they are some of the best prebiotics

around.

But I totally get the sticking to the letter of a diet.

-Lana

" The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. " - Horton

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Suze Fisher <suzefisher@...> wrote:

> > The best one I ever tried was Thai Kitchen - it is milk and comes in

> cans,

> > but they do add Guar gum (I dunno if that's GAPS legal, but it is GFCF).

>

> Thanks Lana. They do have it at my local HFS but guar gum is not GAPS

> legal.

> GAPS is essentially WAPified SCD. So no " funny " carbs.

>

> Suze

>

[Guest guest]

so you don't think we should avoid things with guar gum in them? i have heard

that it is like glue along with carrageenan and other additives and should be

avoided.

amanda

Guar gum actually gets a lot of respect in my book, being as it is a

galactomannan. Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) are hard to find - they're

most prevalent in breastmilk and IMHO they are some of the best prebiotics

around.

But I totally get the sticking to the letter of a diet.

-Lana

[Guest guest]

No, I don't think guar gum should be avoided. Locust bean gum isn't

terrible either. I think I may be grouping tara gum with those two as well

since its so similar but I haven't seen as much research about it.

However, I do believe carrageenan should be avoided.

I have mixed feelings about xanthan gum.

Typically gums don't function as glues, they function as emulsifiers - they

combine fats and liquid. This can possibly make things harder to digest (in

a similar way that homoginized milk is harder to digest). They're also used

to thicken (which afaik has no health implications) which helps improve

texture (such as in GF goods). However, due to their hygroscopic

properties, they can bulk up stool - but not in the way " glue " implies -

they keep stool moister and give bacteria food to eat - neither of which is

a bad thing.

-Lana

" The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. " - Horton

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:26 PM, <amanda@...>wrote:

>

> so you don't think we should avoid things with guar gum in them? i have

> heard that it is like glue along with carrageenan and other additives and

> should be avoided.

>

> amanda