Aroy-D Pure Coconut Cream, 33.8 Fluid Ounce (Pack of 3)

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.....

NOT coconut CREAM. This is coconut MILK.It's fine as coconut milk. I ahould have known it was liquid and not thick cream, it's packaged in a porable tetra pak. One star due to deceptive description. Won't buy again, I can get cheaper coconut milk at the store.

I have purchased many coconut milks and creams in the past, and I have made my own, so I am very familiar with how this product should behave. 100% pure coconut milk or cream has the attribute that the saturated fats will rise to the top and separate from the liquid milk. AROY-D somehow manages to avoid this separation. The coconut cream is a thick and soft gel that you literally need to scoop out of their container and put into a pouring container. There is some very minor separation of cream and liquids, but I use a hand blender on this for a few rotations and I end up with a perfect cream that *stays a cream*. Equally suspicious, none of this fat laded cream ever hardens. Real 100% coconut cream always develops hardened clumps of fat. In any case, AROY-D's coconut cream thickens overnight in a refrigerator, and it is almost like a whipping cream after it hardens. No hard spots or clumps of fat even after refrigeration and settling....This is great, but it contradicts everything I know about how 100% pure coconut cream should behave. Normally in order to get this homogenized consistency, you need to add an emulsifier or a thickener, such as guar gum. These added ingredients normally have a bland taste that affects the product in a bad way. The AROY-D label claims they have added no other ingredient, but honestly I question how this can be true. The product acts chemically like it has been homogenized perfectly and that can only be done with another ingredient, not with coconut milk alone. With every other coconut cream I have used that does not use an added emulsifying ingredient, there has been a massive separation of fat and liquid.So - do we have a food chemist in the house - how exactly is AROY-D pulling off this homogenization without the use of any ingredient other than coconut milk? I want to believe the label, but honestly my gut is saying something smells fishy, and this is too good to be true. If it were this easy to homogenize coconut milk or cream without other ingredients, you can be sure their competitors would be doing this too. The only thing worse than guar gum is the uncertainty that would go with some added mystery ingredient that isn't even defined on the label. I want to have some certainty about what goes into my body.

Not sure what the low reviews are about but, maybe my taste buds are off. I love the taste of this cream. And I love how thick it is. I end up putting some water in the container (up to 1/2cup+ per container) just to get all the solids out. And that water does not affect the thickness much. Froths GREAT! I use it mostly for my cappuccinos every morning. 4 stars only because I will buy it occasionally - a 6 pack is $8 each! I can get it for $4.99 in winter at an Asian store but it’s out of state from where I live in summer.