Desiccated coconut is the product that is obtained by drying the granulated or shredded white meat of the fully mature coconut kernel, by means of a mechanical air drying. Coconut is known outside the tropics mainly through the popularity of desiccated coconut in cakes and chocolate bars. In fact according to industry experts there is excellent scope for production of coconut-based items such as desiccated coconut, coconut cream and coconut milk powder and packaged coconut tender water as a beverage.