Aroy-D Coconut Cream, 33.8 Fluid Ounce (6-Pack)

This is some seriously rich and thick and ultra delicious coconut cream.It's actually coconut CREAM too, so lovely and fatty (in the best possible way) that you can actually whip it! Whipped coconut cream at a moment's notice from a pantry shelf item???? I should have had this in my life yeeeaaars ago!When ever I get a new ingredient to play with I tend to use it in everything. So I have been happily adding coconut cream to almost every meal (yes, yes, moderation blah blah) for a few days.My FAVORITE use so far is to freeze most of the cream in my ice cube trays, transfer to an air tight seal when they are frozen. Now I have ready to use frozen coconut cream cubes to toss into whatever tasty thing I am whizzing up in my vitamix. It basically makes ice cream! Like frozen mango and frozen coconut cream, bit of vanilla...EQUALS ICE CREAM (or a darn good, slightly soft impression of ice cream)Also a bowl of fresh strawberries and some biscuit or granola and a little drizzle of coconut cream and then a drizzle of maple syrup...SO.GOOD. Makes you wonder why we bother with so many overly cooked and processed desserts when fresh fruit and this cream taste so divine in a near instant.Very good in coffee as well! I prefer drinking my coffee back but I had the cream and I had the coffee so of course I tried it.I already mentioned whipped coconut cream, that was a bit of a mind blower...I think that was my first non-dairy whipped topping I have ever made...hmmm....For slightly less decadent in calories but still decadent in taste I added a splash of cream to some whole fruit smoothies, just for extra luxurious flavour.I put some in baked goods as well..See, I put it in everything...I think there was some curry at some point as well.Anyways it's a lovely product that I didn't even realize was an option until I stumbled across it online.I have seen canned coconut "cream" in grocery stores before but first of all it's expensive and secondly they usually have a bunch of nasty addatives to thicken and preserve it, ick.The side of this cream's container says "coconut cream" short list, that's what I like to see.Oooh, non-dairy banana milk shakes and date shakes, amazing. I use frozen bananas, frozen coconut cream, insane.I confess we went through the first order of cream a littttttle faster than we will on average now that I am past the initial honey moon phase of a new and tasty thing to cook with.I have ideas for future recipes...pasta sauces I wanna try and using it in place of dairy cream in caramels...my mouth is watering just thinking of it. ew, too much info self. So noted.I attached a couple photos, one of whipped coconut cream and one of some coconut cream ice cream I made. I added Grand Marnier to my ice cream base. Coconut cream and Grand Marnier go VERY VERY VERY good together!I can not wait for my next order of coconut cream to arrive!NOM NOM :)p.s. Since the package says it as a 2 day open life after you open it (I found it was closer to a week and a half, but still) I transfer most of the cream to ice cube trays as soon as I open the package. Then I pour the rest into a mason jar that I keep in the fridge and use it first. The mason jar allows you to keep an eye on it better as well.....

I believe there is a reason for the arrangement of the wording on the label. This product might be NAMED "Coconut Cream 100%" but I do not believe at all that this is 100% coconut. My reasoning is laid out below.First, the consistency right out of the container is off. Coconut products separate on the shelf. This product came out of the container all one consistency. That might LOOK nice, but for anyone who has been using coconut milks and creams for any length of time, it immediately raises a red flag that this is processed with something to maintain that consistency.Second, the ingredients wording is not where it should be for official packaging. Look at any product you purchase under United States FDA guidelines and you will see the ingredients listed either underneath or to the side of the Nutrition Facts. This package has the phrase "Ingredients: coconut cream 100%" on the opposite side of the box with the company contact info. This points to it not being a true ingredients listing. In fact, "coconut cream" isn't an actual ingredient. It is a product of processing an ingredient. And ingredients lists do not contain percentages of each item. If this product was actually made using only coconut, the ingredients list should state "Ingredients: coconut." With their wording, it is essentially stating what you will find in the container is what the company defines as "coconut cream," however they may choose to make it and with whatever ingredients they may choose to add. A box of corn flakes could be labeled "corn flakes 100%" and that still would not tell you what ingredients went into making the corn flakes. This is a huge red flag.Third, there is a stick-on label added to the container which states that the shelf life of the product is only 2 days in the refrigerator after opening! Even fresh coconut meat lasts for 1 week in the refrigerator. Again, anyone who has used coconut products would see a red flag here.Fourth, the nutrition facts don't line up. The box states that 1/2 cup of this product contains 190 calories, 170 from fat. A can of Sprouts brand coconut cream shows on the label that 1/4 cup of their coconut cream (which also contains water) has 130 calories, 110 from fat. If you do the math conversion that means that a product with coconut + water would have 36% more calories than a product containing pure coconut. Another red flag.Finally, the taste and texture are off. It left a chemical aftertaste and gummy coating in my mouth that made me afraid of what I was putting into my body. After only 3 sips this went down the sink.A total waste of money. BUYER BEWARE!