Coconut sugar (coconut palm)

GI(Glucose = 100)

54^*54^*

Single test — one published study, not a pooled mean.

Energy(kcal/100g)

320 kcal^*320 kcal^*

Carbs(g/100g)

94.9 g^*94.9 g^*

Sugars(g/100g)

94.1 g^*94.1 g^*

Functional benefits

• Inulin (trace fructan)

  4.57 g/100g

  Display-only mechanism note (not in the 2% mineral score). No insoluble dietary fiber detected in the sap-sugar samples.

  Trinidad et al. — Coconut sap sugar and syrup (Acta Manilana) (2015)

• Potassium

  1075 mg/100g

  Month 0; declines with storage (~954–957 mg by months 3–6).

  Trinidad et al. — Coconut sap sugar and syrup (Acta Manilana) (2015)

• Iron

  0.6 mg/100g

  Trace; month 0.

  Trinidad et al. — Coconut sap sugar and syrup (Acta Manilana) (2015)

• Zinc

  0.1 mg/100g

  Trace; month 0.

  Trinidad et al. — Coconut sap sugar and syrup (Acta Manilana) (2015)

Cited minerals can add up to +2 on Best sweetener for everyday health — see Methods.

Risks & side effects

No cited risks or side-effect notes on file yet.

Not medical advice. Published recipe penalties (if any) are on Methods — not a clinical severity scale.

Notes

• Phillips et al. (JADA 2009) did not assay coconut sugar in their FRAP panel — antioxidant capacity left empty here rather than borrowed from maple/molasses or from coconut-sap studies.

  Empty-over-invention. Separate coconut-sap / syrup antioxidant papers exist but are not this crystalline row.

  Phillips, Carlsen & Blomhoff — Total antioxidant content of alternatives to refined sugar (J Am Diet Assoc) (2009)

Notes explain what the open axis or risk labels alone can miss — not medical advice.