Coconut oil
manufacture
ViRGiN
COCONUT OiL MANUFACTURiNG
Virgin coconut oil is manufactured by extraction. Extra virgin and
virgin means the same process in the coconut oil manufacturing
business. Extra label has probably been taken from olive oil industry
as a marketing tool. Virgin coconut oil is extracted from partly dried
or fresh coconut
meat. Virgin coconut oil has a mild coconut flavor
where deodorized oil does not have any flavor left.
There are few methods to manufacture virgin coconut oil.
One starts with finely shredded coconut that is dried from the
original 50% moisture to 12% in a mild temperature. Immediately after
the drying a weak press is
applied to separate the oil
from the coconut meat. Pressing -wet milling in this case- can
also be done from freshly shredded coconut, when maximum natural
vitamin E and antioxidant contents are preserved. Another way to go is
ferment the
coconut
milk to separate the oil. Fermentation lasts usually for 12-36 (even up
to 48) hours after
which oil is poured or skimmed off. Mild temperature
evaporates rest of the moisture - virgin coconut oil moisture
level cannot exceed 0.1%. This is the traditional coconut
oil
preparation method. These methods entitle the 'virgin coconut oil'
label usage. In many times they also entitle the 'organic' label if
chemicals are not used in the coconut groves.
NON-ViRGiN
COCONUT OiL MANUFACTURiNG
In addition to mechanical
pressing and fermentation methods the oil can
be separated by cooking, refrigeration and with
enzymatic
processes. So-called expeller pressed coconut oil may be of
organic quality, although it has already been somewhat refined in a
form of deodorization, so there is no more coconut flavor
left in
it. Therefore, it can be no longer called 'virgin' oil. Today, also
new methods with solvents are used widely to get
volume,
lower prices and faster processes. Needless to say
quality suffers
in these processes.
COPRA
Many commercial oils and fats are prepared
with dried coconut meat, copra, which is unsuitable for consumption and
therefore must go through sanitization and refining. Copra may also be
dried outdoors, where it is exposed to mold and insects. RBD (refined,
bleached, deodorized) is a standard for coconut oil made from copra -
high temperatures and chemicals are used in these processes. Copra is
dried to 5-6% moisture and then heated in a high temperature. Also, the
oil separation needs greater press. In
many times it is also hydrogenated, which is shown to raise the harmful
cholesterol. Virgin coconut oil does not contain hydrogenated
fats.
 Cocowel EXTRA ViRGiN COCONUT OiL
MANUFACTURiNG
The meat from
coconuts arrive to the
factory every morning. It is more
convenient to have somebody outside the factory to make this
process. The meat is poured in a vessel with sterile cold
water
made from a cross flow filtration system. The clean fresh meat
is then shredded very fine. Then the meat enters a
screw
press and all the coconut milk is squeezed out of the
meat. This
process could add some heat to the product, so the coconut milk
temperature is
monitored closely and never
exceeds 35C°. Then
the
coconut milk is
filtered in a screen filter in order to remove solid particles before
it enters the centrifuge. The centrifuge is in a separate
sound-insulated room. It runs 17000 revolutions per minute, so
it
sounds like a jet engine. Here the oil
is separated from the water and it
is put through
the centrifuge three times in order to get the final
product. Then the oil enters a closed tank where the rest of
the
moisture is evaporated in the air. Instead
of heating, a high vacuum is used to evaporate residual water.
The
water boils at ambient temperature if there is
sufficient vacuum. This is a new mechanical engineering
construction. This high vacuum can be followed through a plexi glass
window. This method is unique and used only in this factory.
Because of this state-of-the-art method, the company believes Cocowel
Extra Virgin Coconut Oil truly deserves to be called 'extra virgin'.
Next phase
is packaging the product in jars and bottles. Cocowel Extra Virgin
Coconut Oil is also 100% organic. Cocowel manufacturing facility
operates under European management and has GMP and organic
certificates. Product can be labeled also as 'Fair
Trade' produced, since it comes directly from a small
manufacturer
to retail sale.
Quality
virgin coconut oil is clear in liquid state and white in solid
state and has a mild coconut odor. It should not have any other tastes
like smoke or color-shades like yellow.
Cocowel coconut oil is not: refined,
bleached, heated, deodorized!
Cocowel coconut oil does
not have chemicals, preservatives, extenders, stabilizers!
Cocowel
fatty acid analysis
(Bureau of
Quality and Safety of
Food,Department of Medical Sciences, Thailand):
Caprylic Acid 6.3%
Capric Acid 5.6%
Lauric Acid
52.0%
Myristic Acid 18.0%
Palmitic Acid 7.7%
Stearic Acid 2.4%
Oleic Acid 6.1%
Linoleic Acid 1.1%
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