It's not exactly new news, but it's popped back up again since many retailers finally relented and stopped carrying Chaokoh because of forced monkey labor.

Yep. Monkey slavery. Ain't capitalism grand.

Anyways, my grocery store doesn't have any cans of Thai coconut milk anymore, from any brand. Only tetrapacks of what's called coconut milk, but ain't the same thing. That's coconut milk as an alternative milk, like rice milk, soy milk, oat milk, etc. It's not good for cooking with.

So I'm probably going to have to go to the Asian market, where they still carry Chaokoh, as well as a couple other Thai brands, that may or may not be just as bad.

Any pointers on brands of good coconut milk, for cooking, to look for, that don't abuse monkeys?

Is there some sort of website I can check, to know which brands, aside from Chaokoh, are bad and which are better?

    • JayTwo [any]
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      4 years ago

      I noticed it carried in Costco before the news about monkey slaves broke and got excited, because it's the best brand. Some are too watery. Some are too thick. Some are gritty. Chaokoh isn't.

      Buuuut monkey slaves. I never even thought about the possibility of monkey slaves.

      So I've gotta find a new brand, I guess.

      Then probably find out they also use monkey slaves a year or two down the line.