Coconut butter

Coconut butter is notable for nickel, FODMAPs, histamine, sorbitol and salicylate. Clear on lactose, gluten, fructose, oligosaccharides, sucrose, tyramine and oxalates.

Yes — Coconut butter is high in nickel. Coconut butter is ground coconut flesh - the whole thing, fat and fibre together, the way a nut butter is the whole nut. Nothing was separated, so nothing was left behind, and the nickel that puts coconut high on this axis is still in the jar. Only the OIL escapes it, because pressing is the one process here that actually divides the flesh in two.

Coconut butter contains only low levels of FODMAPs. Coconut butter is built on a diluted or small-quantity ingredient, and the serving is what keeps it low. The FODMAP thresholds are set per portion rather than per concentration: a spoonful of a moderate ingredient and a bowl of a low one can land in the same place, which is how the same nut is high whole and low as a spread.

Coconut butter contains only low levels of histamine. Coconut sits low in histamine rather than at nothing, and its butter is the flesh with nothing removed, so it inherits that. A jar is also a jar: opened, warm and used over weeks, which is the condition every food on this axis dislikes. Keep it cold once open.

Coconut butter contains only low levels of sorbitol. Coconut butter is the whole flesh ground down, so it keeps the small sorbitol load of the coconut along with everything else. Amounts vary by brand and recipe, so always check the label of the exact product.