Sri Lankan cooking starts with freshly scraped coconut: for pol sambol, for mallum, for coconut milk and for sweets. Outside the coconut belt, a fresh mature coconut is hard to find and slow to scrape, so frozen grated coconut is a steady line in South Asian and Southeast Asian grocery freezers. Sri Lanka grows its own coconuts, and processors scrape, pack and freeze the kernel the same day.

Formats

• IQF: free-flowing, so a cook can take out just the amount needed
• Block: frozen in the pack, for catering and food manufacturers
• Retail packs under your brand, or plain catering packs

Typical specification

Grated coconut is a high-fat, high-moisture food, so it is sold on fat, moisture and microbiology, with a short time between scraping and freezing. We send the lot results with each shipment and can test to your market’s limits through an accredited lab.

Who buys it

Asian grocery importers, frozen food distributors, restaurants and caterers, and food makers who use coconut in curries, sauces or desserts.

Private label

Retail packs can carry your brand. Send us your artwork, pack size and labeling requirements for your market, and we confirm packing options, minimum order and lead time with the quote. You remain responsible for the label claims made in your market.

What to tell us for a quote

• The product, grade or specification you need, and a reference sample if you have one
• Quantity per order and how often you buy
• Pack size, packaging and labeling
• Destination port and the Incoterm you prefer
• Documents your market requires, such as a certificate of origin, phytosanitary or health certificate, or lab test reports

Packing and shipping

Orders are packed to your instruction and shipped by sea in a full or shared container, or by air for samples and small lots, quoted FOB Colombo, CFR or CIF to your port. Products from several Sri Lankan suppliers can share one container through our consolidation service.

How to get a price: tell us the quantity, your specification and your destination port. We quote FOB Colombo, CFR or CIF, with lead time and minimum order, and arrange samples before an order.

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