4 Care Cereal Cream is a cooking ingredient used as coconut cream substitute, made from rice bran oil and soy protein.

Coconut cream contains high saturated fat (around 90-95%). Consuming high amount of saturated fat results in the increasing of high cholesterol level and blood cholesterol which leads to hypertension, heart disease and cardiovascular disease.

Trans fatty acid (TFA) mostly found in vegetable fat that is originally liquid then it passes through chemical reaction so called Hydrogenation process; it is a process that add hydrogen molecule into a fat molecule. As a result, liquid form is transferred to solid and fatty acid structure is also changed to trans fatty acid. According to the research finding, consuming trans fatty acid results in an increase in high blood cholesterol level. This is actually worse than consuming high saturated fat. Although, trans fatty acid is quite new for Thai people, it has been known in The US for more than 5 years. Lately, USFDA identifies that manufactures has to declare in packaging label

4 Care Cereal Cream looks like a white liquid (milk), tastes and smells like coconut cream and it is more concentrated; 1-2 times of water can be diluted before use.

Since 4Care Cereal cream contains high unsaturated fat, when heated for a while it will not create an oily (greasy) look on top of the curry as some people may like it that way.

No color added on 4 Care Cereal Cream! 4 Care Cereal Cream doesn?t contain any color, carbohydrate or additive. It looks white because of the small molecules of fat, protein and water. They are mixed well together from the homogenization process similar to milk production process. The small molecules reflect all the light out, that?s why human eyes see the white color.

4 Care Cereal Cream tastes and smells exactly like coconut cream and provide the right creamy level for Thai dish. It is specially design to replace coconut cream but in a healthy form. Unlike soymilk and low fat milk, it is for drinking and quite light, you therefore have to use in a large quantity when apply for cooking Thai dish.

Although 4 Care Cereal Cream has higher fat than soymilk and low fat milk, the usage of 4 Care is much less since it comes in a concentrated solution. Water can be diluted when cooking. As a result, the fat (or triglyceride) content will be quite close comparing to soymilk and low fat milk when used in a larger amount. However, 4 Care Cereal Cream has much less saturated fat comparing to coconut cream Though 4 Care Cereal Cream contains fat, it is considered a ?Good Fat?. As you may know, human body still needs fat to keep us warm and most importantly to dissolve the essential vitamins such as A,D,E, and K.

For pasteurized product: 450 ml bottle; it is needed to keep refrigerated at all time. If you can not use up once, it?s recommended to use the remainder within 7 days. For UHT product; 200 ml is shelf stable (no refrigerator needed). In the case that you can?t use up once, recommend to keep the remainder refrigerated and used up within 10 days.

Since 4 Care Cereal Cream has low saturated fat, it can be kept in the refrigerator without greasy solid.