clairezip Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Here are the ingredients: Raw Organic Coconut Sap, Sea Salt Is the sap okay? I know nectar is not, but I'm guessing this is okay since I've seen others posting they use coconut aminos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmary Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 yes, coconut aminos made with the ingredients listed above are ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiteats Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 This is confusing to me, as well, because Melissa specifically replies to a comment on this page: http://whole9life.com/2014/01/new-whole30-com/ where she says "anything ending in -sap is a sweetener, and not allowed during the program." Please advise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted January 11, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2015 This may be the exception that proves the rule. The problem with making a general statement is that while it is generally true, it is not universally true. Coconut aminos are good to use during a Whole30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiteats Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Thanks so much for your prompt reply! I am curious, however - simply because I am fascinated by learning more how all this works and wanting to understand how this might be applicable in other situations - what makes the coconut sap an exception in this case? Is it because it is aged, which somehow changes the chemistry of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Urban Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Kait, coconut sap isn't always used as a form of added sugar. For example, coconut syrup and coconut vinegar are both made from coconut sap--and no one would accuse vinegar of being sweetened. The sap must be simmered at low temperature for 90 minutes or so before it can be granulated into sugary crystals or used as a thicker, sweeter syrup. So in this case, I think it's context-dependent. The sap is fermented to make aminos, not simmered to make a syrup. Makes it really hard to have an official ruling on this one ingredient, but we'll try to do our best to help people differentiate between products Coconut aminos and vinegar are compliant. Coconut syrup or coconut sugar are not. Best, Melissa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiteats Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Thank you so much for clarifying, Melissa! I am fascinated by the chemistry and psychology behind the Whole30 approach. On day 3 now, feeling great, and fervently spreading your "gospel"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaRama Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 So, my coconut aminos taste nothing like soy sauce. In fact, it's sweet. The ingredients are just organic coconut sap and sea salt, but I find it overly sweet and it puts me right off. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted May 16, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 16, 2016 Ya, unfortunately thats the taste... if you're looking for 'umami', fish sauce works but good luck finding one in Canada that is compliant... they all have sugar as far as I've been able to tell. If you go to Washington ever, Trader Joe's sells Red Boat now and Bellingham got a Whole Foods so they probably have it too... What are you looking for suggestions for that the aminos didn't work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaelisan Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Whole Foods in Bellingham now? I'm so excited! I go to TJs weekly as I live just north of the border! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted May 16, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 16, 2016 That's what I heard on Instagram last week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaelisan Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 They opened at the end of April! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaRama Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Victoria is getting a whole foods, opening next year at Uptown. Unfortunately I'm moving to the south Okanagan in a few weeks so I'll have to make the pilgrimage across the line probably to Wenatchee if they have a Trader Joe's or WF. Sigh. Basically I was just hoping the coconut aminos would taste like soy sauce, salty and tangy, for my sashimi. I made that sunshine sauce too and I think I didn't like it because I was expecting a soy sauce taste, as the book says, it "tastes exactly like soy sauce"... Lies! Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted May 16, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 16, 2016 Ya, aminos tastes nothing like soy sauce when used for a one for one replacement... I make sunshine sauce all the time and I never muck around with aminos... tastes just great without it... sometimes I add a touch more salt and lime to give it more depth but otherwise, I don't see aminos as being as great as they're cracked up to be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMoreCrunchyCravings Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Victoria is getting a whole foods, opening next year at Uptown. Unfortunately I'm moving to the south Okanagan in a few weeks so I'll have to make the pilgrimage across the line probably to Wenatchee if they have a Trader Joe's or WF. Sigh. Basically I was just hoping the coconut aminos would taste like soy sauce, salty and tangy, for my sashimi. I made that sunshine sauce too and I think I didn't like it because I was expecting a soy sauce taste, as the book says, it "tastes exactly like soy sauce"... Lies! Lol. Ya, aminos tastes nothing like soy sauce when used for a one for one replacement... I make sunshine sauce all the time and I never muck around with aminos... tastes just great without it... sometimes I add a touch more salt and lime to give it more depth but otherwise, I don't see aminos as being as great as they're cracked up to be... Thank you for these honest opinions of coconut aminos! I was going to try to order some and spend quite a bit of money, just so I could make my own homemade sushi again... now, I'll skip it and just use a mayo-based dip instead. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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