coconut milk: light vs. regular

[jlb]

Hi all,

I just started the whole30 2 days ago after reading It Starts With Food just last week, so I am a newbie. I have a question about coconut milk - is there a difference between light vs. regular? I didn't see any differences in the ingredients or sugar content so I am tempted to go with the light version, but I also don't think that's the right idea for whole30. Ideas?

[missmary]

nope. light is just the same coconut milk with water added. If you want it more watery, you could add some yourself, but in all seriousness, you want that good fat. do not be afraid of the fat.

[Tom Denham]

Yeah... Light coconut milk is a profitable marketing hook for the manufacturer... They add water to dilute pure coconut milk and then sell it to the people who have been taught that fat is bad.

[befabdaily]

It irks me that Trader Joe's has nothing but light coconut milk, but sometimes I still buy it in a pinch when I can't get to the Super G asian mart. At least it doesn't have guar gum in it, which I swear I can taste.

[Enz]

I use light coconut milk for coffee, it works better for me. Regular coconut milk is too thick for coffee I find.

[jlb]

Thank you! I think I'll get a few of each... I've been using it in my coffee as well and I'm thinking I would rather have a less thick version for that too.