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I originally ordered tropical traditions coconut cream concentrate and their gold label organic extra virgin coconut oil, the concentrated coconut cream was supposed to taste good but I found it to be too oily even after mixing good it still tasted oily, what I did was wait for the oil to separate from the ground up coconut meat and just poured it off into its own container and then I had a thick coconut meat substance for our smoothies that didn't leave an off putting oily aftertaste.
So I decided to try the coconut manna after reading it's description and reviews I wasn't optimistic as the concentrated coconut cream was supposed to taste the way the coconut manna is supposed to taste too, so it got here today and I opened it up and it had a translucent look to it so I took a bit on my fingertip and tasted it and it wasnt too bad, no where as good as the description says it is, but better then the previous stuff we tried, so I made my daily health smoothie and added the coconut manna and the other normal ingredients we use and my smoothie was really really good, better then it was when we used the tropical traditions stuff. Later this morning my wife was ready for her morning smoothie so I started mixing everything into the mixer and got to the coconut manna and noticed it was starting to liquefy so I grabbed a plastic spoon to get a couple spoonfuls into the smoothie and it hit the hard part and broke the spoon, well the top layer was the coconut oil part, there was very little oil compared the the other stuff, and the meat was solid, so solid I had to use a butter knife to chisel out a couple good sized chunks to put in the smoothie, and then the last ingredient is raw organic cacao powder so I started the mixer up while I used the butter knife to break up the rest of the solid part and mix it back to a creamy consistency and now I'm hooked, once you get it mixed up like it should be I love it and so does my wife now, with the coconut manna and the cacao powder mixed in our smoothies it's amazing, we get a nice fruity strawberry taste on the front end and a coconuty chocolatly taste on the back end, our smoothies are the best they have ever been, tropical traditions boasted you could simply eat their coconut cream stuff by the spoonful but I couldn't do it because it's 70% pure coconut oil which doesn't taste very much like coconut, and I'm not into eating oil by the spoonful,l either, this coconut manna stuff once properly mixed has a thick peanut butter like consistency and I can definitely eat it by the spoonful, as a matter of fact I put a bit of the coconut manna and cacao powder in my wife's coffee this evening without her knowing It and she kept saying how good the cup of coffee I made her was, and when i asked her for a drink the cup was dry, she drank every drop because and I know it's because I had mixed a little cacao powder with the manna and put a bit in her coffee with her cream and sugar, she rarely drinks an entire cup of coffee, there's usually about an inch at the bottom of the cup she doesn't finish but with this stuff in her coffee she said it was amazing and I have to agree from what little bit I got to taste before she drank the cup dry..
Anyway if you want a really great coconut product with amazing consistency and coconut flavor then this stuff is what you want, I liked the tropical traditions stuff ok but only after I let the majority of the oil separate from the meat and poured it off it was a lot better, but still not quite as good as coconut manna, my wife had to tell me I couldn't have anymore spoonfuls tonight so I can't wait to put it in my morning smoothie again it's going to be awesome and it doesn't turn into a rock when it hits the cold stuff in the smoothie like the creamed coconut does... I just can't say enough about this product, it's everything I was hoping I would get when I ordered the tropical traditions concentrated coconut cream, but now it'll be a permanent ingredient in our daily morning smoothies and makes me want more of it now
BC
Nutiva Organic Coconut Manna Puréed Coconut Butter, 15 Oz (Pack of 2), USDA Organic, Non-GMO, Whole 30 Approved, Vegan, Gluten-Free & Keto, Creamy Spread to Boost Smoothies & Oatmeal
