Raw Coconut Oil Production Methods
The basic principal of raw foods is those that are unprocessed and uncooked to maintain maximum nutritional value and benefit to the body.
With regard to raw coconut oil, during extraction of the oil, the temperature cannot go above 45C / 113F. If it does, the oil cannot be classified as raw. Due to the law of physics, heat will be generated when friction occurs and in raw coconut oil production, this heat has to be controlled.
Our coconut oil is raw, as well as organic and extra virgin.
- The oil is produced from fresh, matured, raw coconut kernel, otherwise known as the white meat or flesh, which is ground or milled then dried under controlled temperatures.
- With our coconut oil from the Philippines, the dried kernel then passes through a cold press expeller and the oil is extracted from the flesh. Water is used to cool the machine during this process, again to ensure the temperature does not go above the permitted 45C / 113F. With our Solomon Islands coconut oil, the dried coconut kernel is loaded onto the stainless steel cylinder of a manual press, where the oil is extracted.
