Re: Coconut Water (was Low-carbing and athletic performance)

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On 7/19/05, <slethnobotanist@...> wrote:

> http://coconutboard.nic.in/tendnutr.htm

>

> Mature Coconut Water Tender Coconut Water

> Total solids% 5.4 6.5

> Reducing sugars % 0.2 4.4

> Minerals % 0.5 0.6

> Protein % 0.1 0.01

> Fat % 0.1 0.01

> Acidity mg % 60.0 120.0

> pH 5.2 4.5

> Potassium mg% 247.0 290.0

> Sodium mg% 48.0 42.0

> Calcium mg% 40.0 44.0

> Magnesium mg % 15.0 10.0

> Phosphorous mg% 6.3 9.2

> Iron mg% 79.0 106.0

> Copper mg% 26.0 26.0

> Source: Satyavati Krishnankutty (1987)

This doesn't seem to make any sense. What does " mg % " mean? A 100th

of a milligram? Also, is it really possible to have 106 mg of iron?

That seems outrageously high. I thought the US RDA was something like

9 mg.

Anyway, it seems like every chart I see of nutrition facts for coconut

water is so widely divergent from the other ones that I find it hard

to believe any of them. One chart I saw said 240 mg of sodium, for

example! The others are much lower.

Chris