by The Coconut Cooperative | Aug 9, 2018 | Industry Related
Achieving BRC is a tremendous milestone for a food and food ingredient producer. Not only does it signal that your operation has successfully adopted globally recognized product safety, integrity, quality, and operational controls, but it opens up new markets that...
by The Coconut Cooperative | Jul 22, 2018 | Industry Related
As we are committed to providing transparency all along the coconut supply chain, today’s blog post is about the role of plantation owners, brokers, sub-brokers, auctions, producers, traders, and other terms that make up the coconut supply chain. These apply to the...
by The Coconut Cooperative | Jul 5, 2018 | Industry Related, Products
Back in Indonesia for another coconut farmer visit, and here to update you on some recent developments in the organic coconut sugar industry. There’s been news of recent gluten contamination. This is worrying because coconut sugar is a mono ingredient product....
by The Coconut Cooperative | Jun 11, 2018 | Industry Related
One of the reasons we love coconut is because of it’s incredibly flexibility. Outside of the food industry, coconuts have gained prominence in industries as diverse as home furnishings, kitchenware, and indoor farming. Even more, these products are often derived from...
by The Coconut Cooperative | Mar 22, 2018 | Industry Related
Twice a year, our team at The Coconut Cooperative travels across Southeast Asia to visit our partner farmers. Along with performing the regular quality audits, we like to observe best new practices, and see what is working and not working so well. This year, we...
by The Coconut Cooperative | Dec 6, 2017 | Industry Related, Products
From coconut oil to coconut water, the popularity of coconuts is ubiquitous. Here’s another way that coconuts are living up to its versatile moniker. For beer connoisseurs, this is nothing new, but for all others, welcome to the world of coconut beer! According...