Yellow sticky film on coconut meat - is it bad?
I drank water out of this coconut and then left it unopen in a fridge for few days, and this happened - see the yellow film. It is sticky and the taste is neutral. Doesn't look like mold. Is it bad, or is it good natural process?
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From the question and the comments, this looks a lot like bacterial film growing on the inside of the coconut near where the water was housed, that is the area with the most moisture availability for the biofilm to form.
Coconuts are meant to be quickly eaten and / or processed after opened, if you want to save the meat for later, open the coconut, take the meat, dry it out and preferably freeze it or if you are in a dry sunny place, you can sun dry it.
Leaving it opened in the fridge without any further processing is more or less playing russian roulette with nature, it is only about luck and only a matter of time until it gets bad.
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Yellow means it has gone bad, do not eat it. It should be eaten if opened and in the fridge within 2-5 days.How can you tell if coconut meat is bad?
The flesh must be completely white, and it's rotten if it's yellowish. If the coconut has mold, it isn't good. Young coconuts should be free of mold. You should avoid any coconut with water near the eyes, and you should also avoid squishy, damp, or cracked ones.Is coconut meat supposed to be slimy?
The king coconut meat tends to be somewhat gelatinous and translucent. Young coconut are from the other kind of coconut that's usually grown for its meat. The young coconut will be more like the king coconut - lots of coconut water, only a small amount of gelatinous translucent meat.LEARN ABOUT THE STAGES OF THE COCONUT: FROM YOUNG TO MATURE TO SPROUTED
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Yellow means it has gone bad, do not eat it. It should be eaten if opened and in the fridge within 2-5 days.
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