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{{short description|Puerto Rican coconut product}}
'''Coco López''' ([[English language|English]]: ''Coconut López'') is a [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] producer of a brand of [[coconut]] products sold internationally. It is most well-known for its use in the [[piña colada]] cocktail, which was first invented in [[Puerto Rico]] using ''Coco López'' [[coconut cream]].<ref name="Cocolopez">{{Cite web |title=Coco Lopéz: About Us |url=https://cocolopez.com/about-us |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Cocolopez.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=O'bryan |first1=Jason |title=How to Make a Booze-Free Piña Colada, the Best Cocktail for Dry January and Beyond |url=https://robbreport.com/food-drink/spirits/best-alcohol-free-pina-colada-recipe-dry-january-1235461322/ |website=Robb Report |publisher=Robb Report |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
''Coco López'' was invented by [[Ramón López Irizarry]], a [[World War I]] veteran who was an agricultural professor for the [[University of Puerto Rico]]. López left the university and commercialized his product, which eventually found its way into the supermarkets of the [[Geography of Puerto Rico|island]]. Its most popular product, ''Cream of Coconut'', is made of coconut cream with the addition of [[sugar]] as a sweetener, [[xanthan gum]] as a stabilizer, and [[citric acid]] as a flavoring and preservative agent.
==See also==
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*[[Coco Rico]]
*[[Cuisine of Puerto Rico]]
*[[List of Puerto Ricans]]
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