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6 February, 2024

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Coconut is an incredibly nutritious fruit, no less than durian. That’s why it is known as the “queen” of fruits. Under the thick skin of the coconut lies soft, juicy, white fruit segments that taste sweet and sour, fresh, and fragrant.

The white segments of the coconut contain many nutrients that are good for health such as protein, calcium, iron, magnesium… along with vitamins A, C, E, D, B12, B6, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin… Coconut also helps prevent cancer, reduce inflammation, promote healthy skin and immune system, prevent diabetes and heart disease, aid in weight loss, improve blood circulation, lower cholesterol and has many other benefits…

For those who are not familiar with choosing coconuts, it basically depends on luck, but for some coconut lovers, they can choose the best coconuts at any given time. This is not due to luck, but because they know how to choose coconuts correctly.

In fact, it is not difficult to choose good coconuts, just look at one spot on the skin, just choose the fresh “female” coconut and most of them will taste sweet and juicy, high-quality… worth the money.

1. Look at the small flower at the fruit base

We all know that there is a small flower at the bottom of the coconut. But if you look closely, you will see that not all flowers have the same number of petals. These petals represent the number of segments inside the fruit. If you want to eat small coconuts with small seeds, choose coconuts with more petals. The ones with fewer petals have larger seeds.

Especially in the field of tree cultivation, people talk about the number of flower petals of this fruit, “5 male, 6 female”, which means the number of petals at the bottom is 5 petals is a male fruit, while 6 petals will be a female coconut, which is the best tasting, sweet and slightly sour. So be smart in choosing to buy.

2. Look at the stem of the coconut

In general, the stem of freshly picked coconuts will be green in color. The greener and shinier the stem color, the fresher, sweeter, and better quality. On the contrary, if the four flowers around the stem are yellow, dry, and dull, it means that the coconut has been left for a long time and is not very fresh, it is best not to buy it.

3. Feel the firmness of the coconut fruit with your hands

Coconut has a quite “hard” shell, so we can also evaluate whether the coconut is still fresh or not. When using your hand to squeeze the coconut shell, you will feel that the shell of the coconut is slightly soft, but has elasticity, which means it is a good tasting coconut.

On the contrary, if the coconut shell is so hard that you cannot squeeze it with your hand and if you throw it to the ground without cracking, it means that the coconut has been left for too long and the water has been lost, it is not good to eat, it may even be rotten.

4. Look at the color of the coconut fruit

The freshness of the coconut can also be evaluated through the color of the fruit skin. Choose coconuts with deep purple or grayish purple color. Do not choose coconuts with overly hot black color. In general, fresh and good-tasting coconuts will look plump, not shriveled or withered.

Priority should be given to coconuts with yellowish sap stains on the outside of the coconut shell. The more sap stains on the outside of the coconut shell, the older and sweeter the coconut.

Good luck to you!

According to Vietnamese Women