Native Forest Organic Unsweetened Coconut Milk – Canned Coconut Milk, No Guar Gum, Non-GMO Project Verified, USDA Organic – S

4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars | 1,871 ratings

Price: 47.79

Last update: 12-28-2024


About this item

RICH & CREAMY COCONUT MILK - A staple of Thai, Indian & Caribbean cuisines, coconut milk imparts rich & creamy goodness & makes a delicious ingredient in soups, curries, sauces, desserts & beverages
MILK REPLACEMENT - Our Organic Coconut Milk may replace dairy milk or cream in some of your favorite recipes with excellent results. It's sourced from certified organic traditional Thai coconut crops
SUSTAINABLY FARMED - We support organic & sustainable farming that avoids GMOs & pesticides. We're proud participants in the Non-GMO Project & want our consumers to know where their food comes from
SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL DIETS - Our vegetarian products are ethically sourced & suitable for many special diets including vegan, gluten free, paleo, keto, kosher, organic & low sodium
OUR COMMITMENT TO HEALTHY OPTIONS - Our company was born out of a commitment to create delicious & healthy vegetarian foods with convenient preparation for those with busy, health-aware lifestyles


From the manufacturer

Native Forest Organic Coconut Milk

Native Forest Organic Coconut Milk

America's First Canned Organic Coconut Milk

The Native Forest brand was born in 1999 with the introduction of America’s first canned Organic Hearts of Palm. Unlike most conventional alternatives, the harvesting system of Native Forest Organic Hearts of Palm supports the preservation of native South American rain forests.

Native Forest Organic Coconut Milk (America’s first) is pressed from the nutmeat of mature organic coconuts. It features full-bodied coconut taste with a smooth and creamy texture. Organic coconuts tend to be a little smaller than their conventionally grown cousins, while the organic coconut trees are sturdier and more drought resistant.

Native Forest Organic Classic Coconut Milk, 13.5 Ounce Cans (Pack of 12) Native Forest Simple Organic Unsweetened Coconut Milk, 13.5 Ounce Cans (12 Pack) Native Forest Organic Light Coconut Milk, Reduced Fat Native Forest Organic Premium Coconut Cream, Unsweetened Native Forest Coconut Milk Powder Native Forest Cashewmilk Powder, 3.5 Oz, 72 Count
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Price $43.61 $43.15 $46.08 $28.63 $26.06
Total Fat 14g 14g 5g 6g 5g 2g
Organic Guar Gum No No No
Net Carbs 2g 2g 2g 1g 2g 5g
Protein 1g 1g 1g 1g 1g 1g

Recipes using Native Forest

vegan sundae

carrot soup with organic coconut milk

Pumpkin Ice Cream made with Organic Coconut Milk

Mango Tapioca Pudding

Ingredients: 2 cans Native Forest Classic Coconut Milk

¼ cup Let’s Do Organic Tapioca Granules

½ cup Let’s Do Organic Unsweetened Shredded Coconut

2 tablespoons honey

1 can Native Forest Organic Mango Chunks

Zest of 1 lime

Extra honey for drizzling on top

Instructions: Add the coconut milk to a saucepan and heat over medium heat until simmers. Add in the tapioca and shredded coconut and cook for 15 minutes, stirring often. Add in the honey and transfer it to the fridge to set up.

Spoon the tapioca pudding into bowls, top with mango chunks, lime zest, and a drizzle of honey. Enjoy!

Creamy Curried Carrot, Ginger and Lentil Soup

Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil

1 medium onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, 2 tbsp fresh ginger, minced

1 tsp curry powder

6 cups vegan soup stock

1.5 lbs carrots, peeled and diced

1 cup split red lentils (200g)

1/2 cup full-fat coconut milk

2 tbsp lemon juice, salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions: In a medium-sized pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Sauté the onions until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add in the garlic, ginger and curry powder. Stir for briefly, until fragrant. Pour in soup stock, scraping the bottom of the pot. Add in the carrots and lentils. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes or until the lentils are soft. Remove from heat. Stir in the coconut milk and lemon juice. Blend in batches if using a stand blender, or use an immersion blender. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Serve with a swirl of coconut milk or a dollop of unsweetened vegan yogurt. Enjoy!

Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream

Ingredients:

1 15oz. can pumpkin puree

2 cups Native Forest coconut milk

1 cup pitted medjool dates ((about 12))

1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice

Instructions: Combine all the ingredients in a blender. Blend on high until smooth and creamy. Pour into a shallow pan or dish.

Freeze overnight. Remove from the freezer 10-15 minutes to soften before scooping. Alternatively, break apart the pan of ice cream into chunks and re-blend for an even creamier texture. Serve and enjoy!

Edward and Sons Organic Coconut Milk

A proud member of the Edward & Sons Trading Company family of brands.

Certified Organic

Our company policy prohibits the use of GMO's in all Edward & Sons products. We instruct our suppliers to disclose and replace any ingredients that they know to contain genetically engineered materials and we assist them in sourcing acceptable alternatives. We are proud participants in the Non-GMO Project.

[NonGMOProject]2018

[C0030181-NOPHTR-11]2020

Gluten Free

We have been selling gluten-free products for about 40 years. In addition to developing recipes without ingredients known to contain gluten, our procedures specify a combination of licensed laboratory and in-house random testing to confirm the absence of gluten in our finished products.

Vegan & Vegetarian

We are a vegetarian company, which means all of our products under all of our brands are vegetarian. In addition, most of our vegetarian products are suitable for vegans. We affix our vegan logo to the packaging of those items for quick consumer identification of our fully plant-based foods.


Top reviews from the United States

CompewterBlue
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2024
Rich, creamy, and oh so tasty!
Kenzie
5.0 out of 5 stars Clean coconut milk
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2024
This coconut milk tastes great with none of the added gums/oils/fillers/other junk that’s in most of today’s plant based milks. I use the milk for chia pudding, baking and sometime I even add one part water and blend it up for a lighter coconut milk to use in my matcha lattes. Would highly recommend!
CHRIS
5.0 out of 5 stars Great non-dairy creamer for my coffee.
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2024
Better than most boxed coconut milks.
Ashley
5.0 out of 5 stars Like coconut oil but creamier
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2019
Delicious! I’m halfway through my case. I was super disappointed when I opened the can and it was all chunky and separated but I decided to use it anyway. I drained the liquid off (for use in shakes) and used the solid in a creamy cauliflower risotto. Immediately, it started to melt and make a nice creamy sauce. Elated, I added it to my chicory/dandelion tea and gave it a whirl in my blender and YUM! I got my coffee flavor back without dairy! I also added it to a dairy free avocado dressing and found it didn’t quite cream like I thought it would. It solidified - completely. However, I put the dressing on top a hamburger and it melted to a dressing consistency. So it’s super heat sensitive. Doesn’t give a nice cream unless it’s at just the right temp (not too hot not too cold) and once refrigerated WILL separate/solidify. Same as coconut oil.

Added plus: I’m actually allergic to guar gum and was SUPER excited this didn’t have any! It’s been impossible to find it without.
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I ordered a batch and it was delivered yesterday. It will not solidify. It’s completely liquid, still creamy. Even after refrigeration. So I drained it over cheese cloth and got a super creamy yogurt like consistency which is actually better for my needs.

My theory is that some batches include more coconut oil than other batches thus the reason for some being more solid. I don’t believe this is a quality control issue but more when the coconuts were harvested and at what temp as more oil was allowed to get into some batches when the weather is warmer. Just proves to me that it is indeed organic without fillers.
Alex G.
1.0 out of 5 stars very likely contains guar gum or an additive. Many other reviews complained too
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2022
oh man. I wish I read the reviews that this potentially had guar gum. I don't know if this is purposefully negligent or not. Several other reviews, by people who are very sensitive to guar gum, said this potentially had guar gum. I, too, am very sensitive to guar gum, and had a symptom immediately.

I'll talk about my experience first, and then at the end I'll summarize the reviews from other people who also found this probably had guar gum.

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MY EXPERIENCE

first positive thing I'll note is that the coconut cream separated from the water when it was in a cold environment for several days (the house got cold, around 40 degrees fahrenheit). For this reason, perhaps there was no guar gum/additive.

However, let me describe what happened that caused a sensitive reaction from me. I had two cans of this stuff. I tried this coconut milk over two days.

The first day, I had broccoli, Thai Kitchen red curry, this coconut milk, and salmon. A few hours later, I had the reaction where I slept for 3.5 hours only a couple hours after eating. This NEVER happens. It's always always something wrong with what I ate.

The second day, I reduced the variables. I ONLY had this coconut milk and some 96% fat meat. A few hours later, 3.5 hours AGAIN.

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DUE DILIGENCE FROM READING THE REVIEWS

I learned a valuable lesson. I will ALWAYS look at the reviews and pay careful attention to anybody who claimed this had an allergy.

The most important thing to takeaway is that there were NO "allergic" reviews of good brand like Thai Kitchen Unsweetened Coconut Milk. NONE of the reviews talked about guar gum allergy reaction. Meanwhile, there's like 7 reviews for Nature Forest saying an ALLERGIC reaction to guar gum. This should tell you there is something seriously wrong with Nature Forest if Thai Kitchen is able to have ZERO negative reviews pertaining to an allergy.

Next, comparing the number of reviews. Thai Kitchen had WAY more reviews than Native Forest. Specifically Thai Kitchen's "2 simple ingredient" brand had 1624 reviews, while Native Forest's Simple Flavor had 3377 reviews! So both brands had large number of reviews. One brand had a few reviewers complaining about the guar gum allergy, while the other brand was totally clean. Hm! Something's really wrong with Native Forest!

Next, click on 1-star reviews for both brands and search for "guar". Thai Kitchen turned up only ONE result, and it was not about a guar allergy. Native Forest turned up NINETEEN results (for both their Classic and Simple brands), but TEN results for their Simple brand. Reminder that their Simple brand is claimed to have no guar, while the Classic brand has guar. I should really quote those reviews in full here for guar allergic people. I'll just state the headlines though: they are chilling and scary by themselves. I really wish I read the reviews!!!!!!

* Additive / guar gum warning. `Does not behave like other 'no guar gum' coconut milks. Definitely has some sort of emulsifier.`
* Has guar gum or some other additive - does not separate when cold. `I am highly skeptical of this product not having guar gum as it claims`
* I really believe this has guar gum or some other emulsifier in it

Here's a link for people who want to do more research. Hopefully it'll still work by the time you're reading this: https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B011LVDECM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_paging_btm_prev_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=1&filterByKeyword=guar#reviews-filter-bar

This one's for Thai Kitchen: https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B07ZW8WFP6/ref=acr_dpx_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar

Conclusion: at least I learned how to do due diligence on a product, even if it says it claims to NOT have an ingredient. Always read the reviews, and check for any reviews from people sensitive/allergic to the ingredient!!!
krumkake
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonder if these are “seconds”
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2022
I purchased because this was one of few available products without additives, and seemed to be a reasonable price. Most of the cans arrived with dents, as I saw mentioned by other reviewers. But the box did not show signs of damage in transit. So I wonder if these are cans that cannot be sold at retail or regular price due to this damage. My fear with damaged cans is that there could be some tiny punctures or splitting at the seam that would lead to spoiled food. So I am trying to be vigilant to that as I use them. I am just starting to cook with coconut milk so have not tried other brands and cannot evaluate flavor. But the milk has a thick cream layer at the top, which I understand is what we should want. And it tastes fine to me. So I expect the quality otherwise is good.
Ric Creeden
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2024
Love this coconut milk WITHOUT the Guar Gum!!! I cannot find it in the stores so will keep ordering this product from this company. From what I have researched Guar gum is not good for us.
A. Crooks
5.0 out of 5 stars Ditch Thai kitchen and get this!
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2024
Better than the other brands, bar none. Doesn't solidify in the fridge. Comes well mixed.

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