Virgin coconut oil

Virgin coconut oil is derived from fresh coconuts (rather than dried, as in copra). Most oils marketed as “virgin” are produced one of three ways:

1. Quick-drying of fresh coconut meat, which is then used to press out the oil.

2. Wet-milling (coconut milk). With this method, the oil is extracted from fresh coconut meat without drying first. “Coconut milk” is expressed first by pressing. The oil is then further separated from the water. Methods which can be used to separate the oil from the water include boiling, fermentation, refrigeration, enzymes and mechanical centrifuge.Refrigeration is simplest household method by which cooling the coconut milk for around 10 hours will make clean oil and water layers. Sparse amount of water present in the carefully tapped oil can be easily removed by bland heating for an hour or by putting dried lump salt in to it.

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