There have been rumours going round recently that young Thai coconuts were dipped in formaldehyde before being exported, which many of us hoped was not true. Matt Amsden (of RAWvolution) decided to find out by having a coconut tested, and thankfully for us young coconut lovers, the test came back negative – no trace of formaldehyde in any part of the coconut. Read the full story here. (Edit March 2026: The original website has gone, this is a link to the Web Archive, you have to scroll to near the bottom of the page to read the text.)
Raw Rob: Raw food, wild food & consciousness
Thank you for posting this. Where did you find testing available? I stopped eating these fresh coconuts because of this rumor throughout the Raw community. Thanks!
It wasn’t me, it was Matt Amsden who did the testing. Click the links in the article to find out more.
Thanks! Will click and learn.
Thanks so much, this is really reassuring! I almost stopped eating them because I was disgusted with the rumor I heard about the formaldehyde!!