Sea coconut is a trade name, and its scientific name is sugar brown (Latin scientific name: Borassus flabellifer? L), widely planted in Southeast Asian countries and Xishuangbanna, China, is the most common cash crop in Palmae: sugar palm can be cut into sugar, wine, vinegar and drinks, and the fruit of sugar palm, namely sea coconut, can be eaten directly or in soup, and the sprouted buds and fleshy roots of the fruit can also be eaten.

The fruit of sugar palm is sea coconut, and the seed is gelatinous endosperm, which is eaten as fruit. On the streets of Thailand, there are vendors who write "sea coconut" in Chinese and sell the seabed. After cutting, it is a crystal jelly-like fruit similar to rambutan

Seaweed coconut has been eaten locally for thousands of years. 1985, the canned fruit produced by the famous Thai brand "Shuima" was imported to China, and later it was labeled in Chinese, marked as sweetened seawater coconut:

Thai food companies export a large number of canned sea coconuts to China for sale, which can be easily bought in coastal areas and Taobao.

After the sliced sea coconut is dried, it is a sea coconut, as thin as paper and yellowish in color. Often used as soup or directly boiled water for drinking.

In the National Catalogue of Food Exported to China, dried sea coconut is clearly listed as a legal import and export food in :http://43.248.49.223/AP_InformationSearchCountry.aspx? Type =% u690d% u7269% u6e90% u6027% u98df% u54c1

Many companies are legally imported, with corresponding customs clearance certificates and food inspection and quarantine certificates:

The application examples of sea coconut as the main raw material in food production are as follows: The listed company "Hongfutang" began to produce two kinds of sea coconut products on 20 14: A sea coconut plant beverage with bamboo poles and bamboo shoots, and B sea coconut plant beverage with Sydney, and the ingredients were clearly marked with dried sea coconut.

Its production license is SC 1064407830 1322, and its implementation standard is GB/T 3 1326.

Sea coconut has other deep-processed products:

To sum up, the origin of sea coconut has been eaten for thousands of years, and it has been introduced to China for decades. China listed it as legally imported food. More listed company Hongfutang produces drinks in China, so I think dried sea coconut is a common food and can be further processed.