What is a young coconut?
Young coconut is a coconut that is harvested in front of fully ripe. Young coconuts are also known as green or fine coconuts, depending on regional preferences and are harvested for both their meat and liquid inside, known as coconut juice or water. In the tropics, young coconuts are commonly available in markets and shops and are also available in urban areas in other regions of the world.
It is easy to identify young coconut. These coconut nuts are more green than brown, with some specimens are spotted darker. The coconut skin is also thinner and less fully developed. After an open cut, young coconut has very fine coconut meat, which can still be in a slightly gelatin form, along with coconut water rich in nutrients. Coconut water can be consumed simple or mixed with other ingredients such as treatment and meat of young coconuts is also consumed. The early phase in the development of fruit in which endosperm is still in liquid form. INThe endosperm will harden and the liquid is absorbed. If the coconut was left undisturbed, endosperm would provide the nutrition for the seed while germinating and standing.
The high nutritional value of endosperm is coconut nuts popular in many areas of the world. In the case of young coconuts, coconut water with a high content of potassium, magnesium and other minerals has a high content of potassium, which can make it a useful supplement to the diet. The coconut meat also has a high nutrient content and is easy to make, making it a comfortable source of nutrition. Pasteurized bottled and canned coconut water is available in some areas of the world, except for a new version. The taste of young coconut products is milder than the taste of mature coconuts and can get a little sweet or salt -creep in some regions of the world.
Young coconuts are much easier to open than ripe coconuts because they did not develop dense sunshinepku. They can be ruptured by an open chisel, ideally above the container to capture coconut juice. Some people prefer to carry a hole in the coconut, poured juice or drank it with straw before the coconut rupture open to access the meat. Some shops sell young coconut nuts that were prepared for consumers' comfort.