As noted previously, homogenized coconut milk was a coarse
emulsion and somewhat flocculated (i.e., effective diameter greater
than primary particle size, Tables 2 and 3) (Tangsuphoom &
Coupland, 2005). The mean particle size of homogenized coconut
milk remained unchanged after storage at 5 C for 24 h but both
primary and effective diameter increased after freeze–thaw
(10 C and 20 C), which indicated coalescence and flocculation
(Tables 2 and 3). However, none of these changes resulted in
changes in the bulk appearance of the samples which all creamed
to a similar extent (Fig. 1a). This result is somewhat surprising as