Coconut flour, a question?

[TeriDk]

Hi, I've heard about coconut milk powder but have not come across it here in the north country but I did find some coconut flour. If I grind it, would it be a substitute for coconut milk powder? It says it's 100% coconut. Your thoughts are, as always, most appreciated. Lovely spring day here, my hope is its just as nice where you are. Thank you.

 

[IrishLass]

After doing a search out of curiosity, I don't think they are the same. On this site it says that coconut flour is 100% dried, ground-up coconut meat that has been processed to remove all the fat and is used as a substitute for flour in baking. I personally wouldn't use it for soap since the fat is removed. The fat is what imparts that lovely, creamy oomph to my soap's lather.

Coconut milk powder, on the other hand, is made by grinding up the coconut 'meat' with water, straining it, and then spray drying the strained liquid into a powder.

Also- the flour retains all the fiber from the 'meat', while the coconut milk powder does not (it's been strained out).

Based on all of the above, I would say they are different.


IrishLass

 

[new12soap]

maybe if it were fine enough you could use it as an exfoliant, tho... that might be really nice!

 

[green soap]

The natural sugar in the coconut might also improve the lather.

 

[Fragola]

Yes, not the same, but possibly it's worth a try.

What I would do is add 1 cup hot water to 1-2 cups of flour and blend. Strain well through a cheese cloth.

If you're up to it, you can repeat the proces, to further concentrate the "milk" - which means that you can add your hot milk to another cup of flour, blend and strain.

Can't you find real coconuts ? Or ... there's also powdered coconut milk.

 

[Lifebuoy]

maybe if it were fine enough you could use it as an exfoliant, tho... that might be really nice!

Surely the opposite is true.... the finer it gets, its ability to exfoilate will be diminished :?:

 

[new12soap]

maybe if it were fine enough you could use it as an exfoliant, tho... that might be really nice!

Surely the opposite is true.... the finer it gets, its ability to exfoilate will be diminished :?:

True, if it was too pulverized it wouldn't be very exfoliating, but if it is too coarse it might be way too rough... I was thinking of oatmeal and coffee that should be ground up a bit. I have never seen coconut flour, no idea how fine or coarse it is, so I guess rub a pinch of it between your fingers and think about whether the texture would feel good, then experiment!