Desiccated Coconut is a grated, dried and unsweetened fresh meat or kernel of a matured coconut i.e., Cocos Nucifera. Desiccated Coconut is graded for the purposes of commercialization by its cutting sizes. Its granulometry as follows

Extra-fine desiccated coconut
This is grated desiccated coconut of which not less than 90% of the weight shall pass easily through a sieve with square apertures of 0.85 mm, but of which maximum 25% of the weight passes through a sieve of 0.50 mm aperture size.

Fine desiccated coconut
This is grated desiccated coconut of which not less than 80% of the weight shall pass easily through a sieve of square aperture size of 1.40 mm, but of which maximum 20% of the weight passes through a sieve of 0.71 mm square aperture size.

Medium desiccated coconut
This is grated desiccated coconut of which not less than 90% of the weight shall pass easily through a sieve of square aperture size of 2.80 mm, but of which maximum 20% of the weight passes through a sieve of 1.40 mm square aperture size.

Unclassified grated desiccated coconut covers all "fancy cuts" or special cuts (i.e. tender or thin flakes, long and thin chips, extra fancy shreds, long shreds, standard shreds, etc.).