Coconut Jelly
<p><b >Nata de coco</b> is a chewy, translucent, jelly-like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food" title="Food" >food</a> product produced by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermentation_(food)" title="Fermentation (food)" >fermentation</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_water" title="Coconut water" >coconut water</a>, which gels through the production of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial_cellulose" title="Microbial cellulose" >microbial cellulose</a> by <i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetobacter" title="Acetobacter" >Acetobacter xylinus</a></i>. Nata de coco is most commonly sweetened as a candy or dessert, and can accompany many things including<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickling" title="Pickling" >pickles</a>, drinks, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream" title="Ice cream" >ice cream</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puddings" title="Puddings" class="mw-redirect" >puddings</a> and fruit mixes. The product originates from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines" >Philippines</a>.</p>
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<i>Nata de coco</i> comes from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language" >Spanish</a> "cream of coconut". Cream in this sense means the fat from the coconut milk. The Spanish name is a result of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" title="Spain" >Spain</a>'s colonization of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines" >Philippines</a>. ±'
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<h2 >Nutrition</h2>
<p ><i>Nata de coco</i> is highly regarded for its high dietary fibre, and its low fat and zero cholesterol content.
Strips of <i>nata de coco</i> are used in mass-produced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_tea" title="Bubble tea" >bubble tea</a> drinks as a healthier alternative to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapioca" title="Tapioca" >tapioca</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nata_de_coco#cite_note-0" >[1]</a></sup>
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<h2 >Production</h2>
<p >The primarily coconut water dessert is produced through a series of steps from:</p>
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<li >Extraction of coconut water</li>
<li >Fermentation of the coconut water with bacterial cultures</li>
<li >Separating and cutting the produced mat of nata de coco</li>
<li >Cleaning and washing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetic_acid" title="Acetic acid" >acetic acid</a> out of the nata de coco</li>
<li >Cutting to packaging</li>
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<p >Commercial nata de coco is made by small farms in the Philippines and Indonesia, especially in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Region_of_Yogyakarta" title="Special Region of Yogyakarta" >Special Region of Yogyakarta</a>.</p>