Coconut Aminos
Organic Coconut Aminos is made from the superfruit coconut. Why choose Organic Coconut Aminos from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) over conventional sauces?? Well to answer this question we need to talk about the miracle fruit of Sri Lanka the coconut.
The story of the Coconut In Sri Lanka
Coconuts have been harvested on the Island for thousands of years and up until recently just like the famous Ceylon Tea, Sri Lanka was the largest coconut producer in the world, Sri Lankan coconut oil, coconut water are un-matched in quality to other palms in the world, the most notable reason is since the locals has been perfecting coconuts on the island for thousands of years, different varieties of the tree have been perfected for different reasons.
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The King Coconut ( Thambili)
The Green Coconut :The Cooking Coconut
Thambili as known in the local dialect Sinhalese is best grown for drinking, it is distinctive orange colour sets it apart from other coconuts. This variety of coconut is sweeter & high in electrolytes high in nutrients. In its young age it tends to have more coconut water and less coconut meat. It is best known in Englisg as the King of coconuts.
The green coconut or POL as known in the local dialect is what is used for cooking. The meat of the coconut is used to make sambol and coconut milk for currys and so on. It is also the variety used for coconut oil and coconut sap tapping.
It is this variety of green coconut that we at cocora use to tap toddy, or collect sap from. The main ingredient of vegan coconut aminos.
Ceylon Organic Coconut Aminos
Colmans Ceylon Organic coconut aminos is one of the pioneers to esablish the product in commerical scale in the early 2010's in the world. Our manufacturing facility at panadura is a heritage business established in 1896 as a coconut vinegar manufacturer C. D. de Fonseka & Sons.
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South Asia and Sri Lanka in particular are inventer pioneers in toddy tapping as it is called here or organic coconut sap collection. This involved the careful collection of the coconut nectar from the coconut palm flower, which bloom high up the coconut tree. This is all done by hand and is collected carefully into specially made pots which are immediately sent for processing. Which in ancient times were turned into to vinegar and treacle, hard sugar and even consumed in its purest form as mild alcoholic beverage. This mild alcoholic beverage contains 7% of alcohol and is rich with vitamins and minerals.
did you know sea salt we use in our coconut aminos is naturally sourced from the sourthern coast of sri lanka.
It is high in natural sea minerals.
It is the coconut flower that gives the coconut sap. It is what is important in the manufacture of aminos.
Colman's ceylon Teriyaki aminos pack a little heat. it is the sri lankan chilli we use, freshely gathered from the fair trade farms of sri lanka.
Colman's ceylon sources all its ingredients for organic coconut aminos from the natural rain forests and coconut groves of sri lanka. Non of it is genetically modified or bud. some SE Asian countries have bud coconut trees, where the yield of coconut sap is low. Furthermore Sri Lankan government has banned all forms of genetically modified farming so Genetically modified ingredients are non existence in the local market.
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As an original manufacturer from scratch to sourcing our own ingredients and harvesting coconut sap, we are accrediated by all major organic and food safety standards in the world. furthermore, we are the only manufacturer on the island that is audited and certified by the Sri Lankan government standards authority and the Sri Lanka coconut development board which looks after all exported coconut products form the island, to maintain and sustain the highest standards.
Original Coconut Aminos at Colman's Ceylon made with just Coconut Sap Vinegar and Nectar, we have conventional and organic certified Coconut Aminos. The only other ingredient in our Aminos is sea salt. Did you also know that Aminos have as much as 5 times less salt than generic soy sauce in the market. Coconut Aminos Teriyaki flavor is made with the finest Asian spices to give it a hearty kick, to tingle your taste buds.
Why the health tag?
For Millennia people have used coconuts for their livelihoods, especially in the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka. It is locally known as the miracle tree. Recently with the popularity of Coconut oil, other well established products made of Coconut has seen an increase in demand in the market.
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The Ancient practice of Indian medicine or "Ayurveda" is the practice of herbal medicine in the Eastern cultures. Coconut Vinegar and in particular Coconut Sap products have been part of the Ayurvedic portfolio for stomach aches, weight management in small dozes.
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The Coconut has many inherent nutrients, living a balanced diet with Coconut Aminos as part of your daily food intake can help replenish some of those nutrients. Coconut Sap has 17 naturally occurring Amino Acids, a wide range of vitamins and minerals from the rich volcanic soils the coconut tree grows on.
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Cocora Organic Coconut Aminos has FIVE times less salt than soy sauce. Aminos is a great substitute for Soy Sauce or as a Vinegrette, Cocora Aminos is great for over immediate use or mixing with a few other spices to create your own blend with the original Aminos.
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100% Vegan
100% Organic
Made with NON-GMO ingredients
Less sodium and GLUTEN FREE
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How to use Aminos?
Make it your own Aminos, think Ginger and garlic. chives and chili. Coriander/lemongrass. make it your own with what you love, the original aminos will lock on to the new additions well.
It is great as a dip on its own or with a few spices chopped in as a Vinaigrette. Since amino has a slightly sweet tone to it adding a few chopped onions with some garlic or some coriander with some chilies will give a much richer dipping for the sushi or the patty. add a little ginger and it will be fantastic.
Great as a salad dressing you can pour it directly over a Thai salad, an Italian salad with coconut oil and coconut aminos. Rather than using heavy creams on salads, for those who want the most out of you garden salad this is a best way to compliemnt your vegan diet.
BBQ's with coconut aminos are perfect, use it over pork or in my chicken, best used before as part of bbq sauce for marinating and then lightly brush it while in the grill and add little ketchup. The organic teriyaki flavor amino is best for that.
Best used for stir fries/ light additions of flavour
Cocora Organic Coconut Aminos
Best used for salads/ make your own sauce with spices
