Coconut Milks

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Coconut Milk

Types of Coconut Milk you will use

• Regular Canned Coconut Milk- high calorie/creamy - almost always in the Ethnic aisle
• Lite Canned Coconut Milk - basically less calories, 1/3 coconut milk 2/3 water.
• Canned Coconut Cream for smoothies - higher calorie and more creamy.
• Cardboard box kind - low cal - flavor and some texture. Usually in refrigerated aisle, but also in the juice aisle you’ll see boxed low cal nut milks and coconut milk there too.

Most coconut milks, canned and boxed, have a gum ingredient added to them- guar or xantham - that makes their texture smooth and creamy without lumps. I admit I LOVE the texture. However, I find it causes constipation or at least slow bowels for me. I think the amount you have makes a difference as well.

There are a few brands of organic canned coconut milk that do not have these added gums - they are just coconut milk only - there is a difference in texture a little - however, if it does better for your digestion  may be worth it.
Brands: Natural Value brand - link to online source in the online ingredients guide

Sometimes, especially at beginning of P3 recipes call for a reduced-fat version or “lite”canned coconut milk, because it’s a very high calorie item/calorie dense- we want the creaminess but can necessarily down a whole can all by ourselves- 1 full can of full-fat coconut milk has 700-800 calories depending on brand - the “lite” canned coconut milk is essentially just regular canned coconut milk with water added to it- so you can buy low fat canned coconut milk OR you can make your own by adding 1 part full fat canned coconut milk to 2 parts water.