VCO from the Philippines

[Guest guest]

Hello all, I am and recently we just put up a small, new

company here that produces VCO. Our VCO is unrefined, not

deodorized, not bleached. Absolutely NO HEAT (not even little heat)

has been used to make our VCO. The oil that we make come from first-

pressed, mature coconuts.

My partners in the company who has been experimenting with VCO since

the early 1980's made a batch of VCO in 1984 and still was able to

use the VCO in 1990 - the oil did not turn rancid at all.

At the start of the SARS scare this year, we contacted Dr. Conrado

Dayrit (http://www.apcc.org.sg/Dayrit.PDF), he looked into our VCO

process and was impressed and encouraged us to start manufacturing

and selling the product. We started the company last June and

samples of our oil are now being thoroughly tested at the Department

of Science and Technology and the Philippine Coconut Authority.

We plan to start selling " Viviendo Virgin Coconut Oil - by Coconut

Haven Philippines, Inc. " by the start of the next month.

We would like to make this oil available to as many people as

possible. If anyone of you is interested to be a dealer of this or

have a suggestion as to how we can make this oil easily available to

you, please email me privately at catrinidad@... or cindy@tri-

global.org so as not to clutter this mailing list. Also, if you have

any preferred packaging for the oil (bottles, jars, glass, PET, etc.

I would also appreciate your ideas).

Thank you very much for reading this email and thank you to the

moderator for allowing this to be posted.

I will be posting more information next month since this coming

August the Philippine Coconut Authority will have more VCO news on

their Coconut Month celebration.

Thanks again.

Trinidad

http://coconuthaven.co.nr (under construction)

coconuthaven@...

[Guest guest]

-,Thats great to have yet another source of virgin coconut oil!I will post

a link to your website at the links section of this group. We want all

distributors to be available to our members and have a wide choice of where to

get the coconut oil.Good luck with the distribution process.

IN NC

-- In coconutoil_open_forum , " " <catrinidad@h...> wrote:

> Hello all, I am and recently we just put up a small, new

> company here that produces VCO. Our VCO is unrefined, not

> deodorized, not bleached. Absolutely NO HEAT (not even little heat)

> has been used to make our VCO. The oil that we make come from first-

> pressed, mature coconuts.

>

> My partners in the company who has been experimenting with VCO since

> the early 1980's made a batch of VCO in 1984 and still was able to

> use the VCO in 1990 - the oil did not turn rancid at all.

>

> At the start of the SARS scare this year, we contacted Dr. Conrado

> Dayrit (http://www.apcc.org.sg/Dayrit.PDF), he looked into our VCO

> process and was impressed and encouraged us to start manufacturing

> and selling the product. We started the company last June and

> samples of our oil are now being thoroughly tested at the Department

> of Science and Technology and the Philippine Coconut Authority.

>

> We plan to start selling " Viviendo Virgin Coconut Oil - by Coconut

> Haven Philippines, Inc. " by the start of the next month.

>

> We would like to make this oil available to as many people as

> possible. If anyone of you is interested to be a dealer of this or

> have a suggestion as to how we can make this oil easily available to

> you, please email me privately at catrinidad@h... or cindy@tri-

> global.org so as not to clutter this mailing list. Also, if you have

> any preferred packaging for the oil (bottles, jars, glass, PET, etc.

> I would also appreciate your ideas).

>

> Thank you very much for reading this email and thank you to the

> moderator for allowing this to be posted.

>

> I will be posting more information next month since this coming

> August the Philippine Coconut Authority will have more VCO news on

> their Coconut Month celebration.

>

> Thanks again.

>

> Trinidad

> http://coconuthaven.co.nr (under construction)

> coconuthaven@t...

[Guest guest]

Dear everyone,

Most of the VCO from the Philippines are shipped through SEA FREIGHT because it

really is a lot lot lot cheaper than air freight. However we ship ours through

air for the following reasons:

1st: When shipped by air the product is not

exposed to the elements (rain and heat). Remember, coconut oil is sensitive to

heat and water and these are the causes of early rancidity. When it is subjected

to heat, it loses the natural nutrients and the important Vitamin

E.(tocopherol). Sometime we can never be sure of how our cargoes are packed and

handled while in transit at sea. Our oil is what we call ANH-VCO

(ANH-aboslutely no heat) We takes pains in producing our oil very carefully

without subjecting it to heat, so we cannot allow it to be exposed to heat while

in transit.

2nd. For most of those who sell our products in

the US, shipping through air maybe expensive but is cost effective. They get

the product in three days, so they can immediately sell and liquidate the money

they have put in. Profit for them maybe lower compared to those shipped through

sea freight but at least its still 2 or 3 times their cost and they have more

turn overs. In the end they still make more profits. It takes about 20 days

before sea freight shipments reach the US and another week to have it cleared at

customs. By this time those who had the products shipped by air had already4 to

5 turn overs.

3rd. Most buyers would rather have small shipments

each week than one big shipment every 6 months because they get the freshest oil

and newly produced ones. And they don't need that big a cash out to start with.

We ship ours to the diffierent destinations through DHL now. We used to ship

them through Fedex, and in fact we have recommendedthem to other VCO producers

like Cocovida and i presume they are happy with FED EX. We had some very bad

experience with FED EX in the recent past and DHL offered us a much lower rate.

FEDEX or any shipper,for that matter, be they through sea or air will not carry

your product, especially VCO if you do not have the proper documents:

Documents needed are: MSDS (materials safety

data sheet);a certification that it is a non-combustible and non-flammable

product from a licensed Chemist; your BFAD (Bureau of Food and Drugs)

certification; your business license; the Chemical analysis of the product (per

shipment); and a copy of your FDA cert of registration or FDA number, included

of course are the Export clearance and clearances from the Philippine Coconut

Authority and the Philippine customs. But the most important procedure that a

VCO exporter must undertake when shipping to the US or Canada is the Prior

Notice with FDA. This will notify FDA that there is this particular shipment of

VCO arriving in this particular port of entry at this particular time with the

identified company and its tracking number. Otherwise, this maybe held at the

customs and will take a lot of time and effort for the consignee to have it

released.

We ship to any part of the world using air

freight and our dealers are not complaining. Except on very rare occassions

when they deliver the package upside down and we get some spillage. When this

happens, we always replace the spilled contents, free of charge, and DHL sends

without charge too.

Just some info. I really hope to have the

luxury of more time to share in the forum. Thanks,

Tess of Viviendo Philippines

[Guest guest]

Dear Tess,

Nice to hear from you albeit your very busy times. Your story on how your VCO

product arrives on time and orderly overseas is appreciated.

You mentioned about vitamin E. Do you have new data on the range of this

vitamin in your VCO. I still can recall I provided your partner Jun and you

with a scientific paper of a competent research team from UPLB on the subject.

Any comment ?

All the best,

Sev Magat

Viviendo Philippines <viviendo@...> wrote:

Dear everyone,

Most of the VCO from the Philippines are shipped through SEA FREIGHT because it

really is a lot lot lot cheaper than air freight. However we ship ours through

air for the following reasons:

1st: When shipped by air the product is not exposed to the elements (rain and

heat). Remember, coconut oil is sensitive to heat and water and these are the

causes of early rancidity. When it is subjected to heat, it loses the natural

nutrients and the important Vitamin E.(tocopherol). Sometime we can never be

sure of how our cargoes are packed and handled while in transit at sea. Our oil

is what we call ANH-VCO (ANH-aboslutely no heat) We takes pains in producing our

oil very carefully without subjecting it to heat, so we cannot allow it to be

exposed to heat while in transit.

2nd. For most of those who sell our products in the US, shipping through air

maybe expensive but is cost effective. They get the product in three days, so

they can immediately sell and liquidate the money they have put in. Profit for

them maybe lower compared to those shipped through sea freight but at least its

still 2 or 3 times their cost and they have more turn overs. In the end they

still make more profits. It takes about 20 days before sea freight shipments

reach the US and another week to have it cleared at customs. By this time those

who had the products shipped by air had already4 to 5 turn overs.

3rd. Most buyers would rather have small shipments each week than one big

shipment every 6 months because they get the freshest oil and newly produced

ones. And they don't need that big a cash out to start with.

We ship ours to the diffierent destinations through DHL now. We used to ship

them through Fedex, and in fact we have recommendedthem to other VCO producers

like Cocovida and i presume they are happy with FED EX. We had some very bad

experience with FED EX in the recent past and DHL offered us a much lower rate.

FEDEX or any shipper,for that matter, be they through sea or air will not carry

your product, especially VCO if you do not have the proper documents:

Documents needed are: MSDS (materials safety data sheet);a certification that it

is a non-combustible and non-flammable product from a licensed Chemist; your

BFAD (Bureau of Food and Drugs) certification; your business license; the

Chemical analysis of the product (per shipment); and a copy of your FDA cert of

registration or FDA number, included of course are the Export clearance and

clearances from the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Philippine customs. But

the most important procedure that a VCO exporter must undertake when shipping to

the US or Canada is the Prior Notice with FDA. This will notify FDA that there

is this particular shipment of VCO arriving in this particular port of entry at

this particular time with the identified company and its tracking number.

Otherwise, this maybe held at the customs and will take a lot of time and effort

for the consignee to have it released.

We ship to any part of the world using air freight and our dealers are not

complaining. Except on very rare occassions when they deliver the package upside

down and we get some spillage. When this happens, we always replace the spilled

contents, free of charge, and DHL sends without charge too.

Just some info. I really hope to have the luxury of more time to share in the

forum. Thanks,

Tess of Viviendo Philippines