After looking at many coconut milk powder items and reviews online I've learned a few things. Some products, especially the smaller packets, are called coconut milk powder but are actually a convenience blend of items for asian cooking with about 85% coconut and over 10% added sweetener like glucose, and the usual casein or maltodextrin stabilizer and even some silicon dioxide to make it pour nicer and dipotassium phosphate to stabilize it even more.
ALL of the more pure forms of coconut milk powder need some kind of additive to keep the fats suspended properly in the other solids to make a usable powder. You can't avoid them, you can only try to identify more specifically which ones are being used. I asked this company in mid January 2015 about their product, here is what I asked and their answer:
"Hello I would like to know the ingredients in your Coconut Milk Powder, 5 Lb Bag item. also can you tell me the country it was actually made in and is it organic or at least gmo free."
"Our coconut milk powder contains coconut milk, maltodextrin and sodium caseinate. The product comes from the Phillipines and is not certified organic but it is non-GMO. Thank you, Angelina's Gourmet"
So you can't know the source or preparation method for the sodium caseinate, but you can be pretty sure that the maltodextrin is not from genetically modified american corn. ALL of the pure powders I looked at have both casein and maltodextrin, you can read for yourself online why companies choose to use a blend of both of them. I think I have heard of a casein free type but I never could learn enough else about it to consider trying it.
I chose this product because the price including shipping was far cheaper than any other brand unless I bought a really large quantity. Shipping time was faster than promised, although it seems the more creative ways that companies are using to ship things now tend to make the online tracking methods not work properly. If I remember correctly I think this product started out with "DHL Global Mail" from somewhere in Kentucky, but was ultimately transferred to the USPS for final delivery. The Amazon tracking link constantly returned an error, the tracking number is the same format as Fedex so I had to guess to try the DHL site, and the shipping status on the Amazon, DHL, and USPS sites all disagreed with each other but the product arrived early.
The product was delivered in a thick plastic bag, heat sealed (meaning not resealable), in a cardboard box with no packing materials around it. If the box would have been mishandled I could see a possible leak occurring, but mine was fine. There were many soft clumps of various sizes that must be broken up before it can be measured or mixed with liquid. The clumps do stay broken up well enough, although the appreciated lack of an added flowing agent means that it scoops better than it pours. If it is combined suddenly with a very hot liquid it will curdle, which does not mean it has spoiled, it just causes a change in the fats or proteins that appears and feels odd. It dissolves fairly quickly with easy stirring in warm liquid, and it will make a very thick pasty cream without being grainy if you need it really concentrated, but it will not mix at all with oil. So if your plan is to make something like a chocolate bar with it, you should mix it very thick with something watery then add it to your fat based ingredients (cocoa powder dissolves well into semi-liquid coconut oil...). I mix it with nonfat cow's milk and flavored stevia drops to make coffee creamer. If you make it pretty thick and blend it just before stirring vigorously into coffee it froths up just like a cappuccino.
Dealing with a five pound bag of clumps in a non-resealable bag requires a strategy for handling, but I am very happy with the product and will definitely buy it again unless another brand with the same specs becomes cheaper. Kevin
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| Price | $63.30 | $19.99 | $17.99 | $16.99 | $14.95 |
| Price Per Unit | $0.79 / Ounce | $1.25 / Ounce | $0.90 / Ounce | $1.06 / Ounce | $1.87 / Ounce |
| Delivery | Get it May 13 - 14 | Get it as soon as Saturday, May 11 | Get it as soon as Saturday, May 11 | Get it as soon as Saturday, May 11 | Get it as soon as Saturday, May 11 |
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| Sold By | Woodland Foods | Wildly Organic | SimplyBeautiful | Anthony's Goods | ESSENZEFRUITS |
| flavor | Coconut | Coconut | Coconut | Coconut | Coconut |
| weight | 5 pounds | 1 pounds | 1.25 pounds | 1 pounds | 8 ounces |
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Arrived open and all over on the insde of the box. I lost quite a bit of the product due to this. Made a huge mess. Smells good but not sure I want to lose that much product again. Unsure if saving money was worth it in my case.
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