DID YOU KNOW? The refrigerated coconut milk is not typically intended for cooking, but for putting into coffee, drinking plain, and perhaps adding to your breakfast cereal. This product usually contains lots of water, sugar, added vitamins and minerals, sea salt, and preservatives or thickeners. Canned coconut milk is typically not sweetened, and tends to employ simply coconuts, water, and sometimes stabilizers such as guar gum. It’s an excellent ingredient to make a curry or a soup.