Post AYon9hqChYNdwfaBgu by Marc@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AYok0mf175jiQMP6w4 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2023-08-17T09:25:05Z
       
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       For NZ$5 I can get a 1L tetrapack, sold as "coconut milk", containing 8% coconut cream, and 92% water. That's 920ml of water, and 80ml of plant cream. If we round it up a bit, that's $5 per 100ml.For $3 I get a 400ml can, containing just over 80% coconut cream. That's 320ml of plant cream. If we rounds down that's $1 per 100ml.(1/2)#marketing
       
 (DIR) Post #AYok3BqWReTN7Bvu3U by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2023-08-17T09:25:40Z
       
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       So some company has convinced people to pay 5 times more for the same amount of cream, just by watering it down and calling it "milk".This is the power of marketing.(2/2)#marketing
       
 (DIR) Post #AYol1HjFhaa6jdBi1Q by ohmrun@mastodon.social
       2023-08-17T09:36:31Z
       
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       @strypey I just buy the powder and spoon it into my gums.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYon9hqChYNdwfaBgu by Marc@fosstodon.org
       2023-08-17T10:00:22Z
       
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       @strypey nicely identified example of marketing creating demand rather than finding it. Instructive really. With "solutions" like these, one doesn't even need problems.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYouojMmdMi4EEKYnQ by musicman@mastodon.social
       2023-08-17T11:26:14Z
       
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       @strypey but you can drink straight from a coconut water tetrapak. Idk if people are doing that, but you always pay for convenience. It is a pretty steep convenience fee, nonetheless
       
 (DIR) Post #AYqRH0OQJa9SpoaGEy by tetrislife@qoto.org
       2023-08-18T05:04:37Z
       
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       @strypey I think the power of marketing is even bigger: they have people in cold climes consuming sub-tropical fruit!
       
 (DIR) Post #AYrGKe8k5Vo8dgk6u8 by JohnOnon@mastodon.social
       2023-08-18T14:34:22Z
       
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       @strypey Great words
       
 (DIR) Post #AYuGisjw2Z0ALOZk48 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2023-08-20T01:25:19Z
       
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       @tetrislife> they have people in cold climes consuming sub-tropical fruit!Fair cop. But Aotearoa is close enough to the tropical Pacific that cans of coconut cream could come by sail.This is most likely an apocryphal story but...(1/2)
       
 (DIR) Post #AYuH97HqZsGizQwmfY by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2023-08-20T01:30:06Z
       
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       @tetrislife... a Māori elder once told me that when their ancestors arrived in Aotearoa, from islands to the north, they assumed coconuts would grow on the palms they saw here. When a year passed and that hadn't happened, they groaned and said "ni kau!" - no coconuts. The Māori name for the one native species of palm is nikau ; )
       
 (DIR) Post #AYuHntzWulIvcypMjQ by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2023-08-20T01:37:24Z
       
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       @musicman> you can drink straight from a coconut water tetrapakJust to clarify, "coconut water" is a different product. A clear, syrupy fluid people rave about as being good for hydration. "Coconut milk " is a white, runny fluid that people usually use as a dairy milk replacement, in coffee, on cereal etc.