Macapuno coconut (Cocos nucifera var makapuno) is a mutant type of coconut with thick, flexible, fat meat, and almost no water. This type of coconut is the specialty of Trà Vinh, Vietnam.
Background
/ Description
Macapuno coconut is
currently the most expensive type of coconut in Vietnam thanks to its taste.
Only in a small region of Cầu Kè District, Trà Vinh Province, can coconuts with
thick meat and exceptional taste be grown.
The market for macapuno
coconuts nowadays is mostly domestic. Export of macapuno coconuts into
difficult markets with good price faces much difficulties. The categorizing of
macapuno coconuts is too subjective, based mostly on the experience of workers,
leading to poor uniformity of products, hindering exportations on industrial
scale.
To realize the full
value of Trà Vinh’s macapuno coconuts, apart from developing large,
high-quantity supply areas, there is also a need for supporting technologies
and equipments such as ultra-sound for determining the thickness of coconut
meat.
Technology
requirements
- Capable of
determining the thickness of coconut meat on industrial scale;
- Can be connected to
computers during the process;
- High durability;
- Don’t affect product’s
quality.
Form of cooperation
Consultation,
transfering of technology and equipments.