Unsweetened Shredded Coconut: why 53 g per cup is wrong
King Arthur Baking Ingredient Weight Chart publishes 53 g (1.9 oz) per US cup of unsweetened shredded coconut. This site rejects that figure and publishes 80 g (2.8 oz) instead, from Bob's Red Mill Unsweetened Shredded Coconut (producer label) (density 0.3381 g/mL, matching the composition of the substance). The reason:
Every unsweetened shredded coconut on sale that gives a volume, Bob's Red Mill, Anthony's, Terrasoul and NOW, labels 3 tablespoons at 15 g, 80 g per cup, and America's Test Kitchen weighed 3 cups at 227 g, 76 g per cup. 53 g is a third lighter than all of them. King Arthur's own chart puts these shreds lighter than its large flakes (60 g), which broad flat flakes, stacking with more air than shreds, would not allow for the product sold as shredded coconut. For the shreds people buy, 53 g undercounts by about a third.
The arithmetic
| Source | 1 cup | Density | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Arthur Baking Ingredient Weight Chart | 53 g1.9 oz | 0.224 g/mL | Rejected on physics |
| Bob's Red Mill Unsweetened Shredded Coconut (producer label) | 80 g2.8 oz | 0.3381 g/mL | Published here |
The published figure and its sources
The full sourcing for unsweetened shredded coconut, including every accepted and rejected figure, the state or filling method behind each, and the physics or standards reasoning applied, is on the ingredient page.
Unsweetened Shredded Coconut — full sources and conversion table
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