Nutrition for Coconut Cream

Coconut Cream Nutrition Summary

One cup of coconut cream (240 grams or 0.5 lb) contains 792 calories and 8.7 grams of protein. Coconut cream consist of 54% water, 7% carbohydrates, 4% protein, and 35% fat.

Coconut cream is an excellent source of many nutrients, including dietary fiber, protein, iron and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc, manganese and phosphorus.

In one cup of coconut cream:

• Calories: 792
• Protein: 8.7 g
• Dietary fiber: 5.3 g
• Fat: 83.2 g, (Saturated: 73.8 g)
• Sodium: 9.6 mg

There is no significant amounts of sugar or cholesterol in coconut cream.

See the Coconut Cream Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Nuts, coconut cream, raw.

Calories in Coconut Cream

Coconut cream has 792 calories per cup or 330 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat.

88% of calories in coconut cream are from fat, 8% of calories are from carbohydrates and 4% of calories are from protein.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Omega-6 in Coconut Cream

Calories Similar to Coconut Cream

Some other nuts or seeds with similar calories to coconut cream by weight:

• Lotus Seeds: +5 calories
• Hedge Mustard Seeds: -29 calories
• Coconut: +58 calories
• Breadfruit Seeds: +89 calories

Protein in Coconut Cream

An excellent source of protein, a single cup of Coconut Cream contains 17% of recommended daily values or 8.7 grams of protein. In addition, coconut cream contains significant amounts of all 9 essential amino acids.

• Protein: 8.71 g
• Tryptophan: 0.1 g
• Threonine: 0.32 g
• Isoleucine: 0.34 g
• Leucine: 0.65 g
• Lysine: 0.38 g
• Methionine: 0.16 g
• Phenylalanine: 0.44 g
• Valine: 0.53 g
• Histidine: 0.2 g

Protein Similar to Coconut Cream

Some other nuts or seeds with similar amounts of protein to coconut cream by weight:

• Coconut: -0.7 grams
• Chestnut: -1.1 grams
• Macadamia Nut: +10 grams
• Breadfruit Seeds: +12 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Coconut Cream

An good source of nutrients, coconut cream contains abundant amounts of iron and potassium. In fact, a single cup of coconut cream contains 34% of recommended daily values or 780 milligrams of potassium. Also an excellent source of iron, a single cup of coconut cream contains 30% of recommended daily values or 5.5 milligrams of iron.

Vitamins in coconut cream (1 cup):

• Thiamin: 0.1 mg
• Niacin: 2.1 mg
• Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
• Vitamin c: 6.7 mg
• Folate: 55.2 ug

Minerals in coconut cream (1 cup):

• Calcium: 26.4 mg
• Potassium: 780 mg
• Iron: 5.5 mg
• Magnesium: 67.2 mg
• Zinc: 2.3 mg
• Phosphorus: 292.8 mg
• Copper: 0.9 mg
• Manganese: 3.1 mg

There is no significant amounts of selenium, choline, vitamin a, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamin e, vitamin b12 or vitamin k in coconut cream.

Similar to Coconut Cream for Potassium

Here are some other nuts or seeds with similarly abundant amounts of potassium to coconut cream:

• Coconut: +74 MG
• Macadamia Nut: +91 MG
• Chia Seeds: +197 MG
• Pecan: +204 MG

Coconut Cream Nutrition Chart

Coconut Cream in Cooking

Coconut cream is not too common in recipes, although it does star in quite a few. Most recipes call for one or two cups of coconut cream.

Friends and Relatives of Coconut Cream

Foods commonly cooked with coconut cream:

• Lime
• Coconut Milk

Other similar relatives:

• Coconut
• Macadamia Nut