Coconut Oil Production

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the extra information. This is exactly what I wanted confirmed

by someone who actually produces coconut oil.

'when we first started ordering years ago we were told that the definite

coconut aroma and taste were a sign of virgin oil - unlike the bland odorless

RBD oil, or the expeller pressed oil. In the past year we decided to expand our

variety of oils, and started trying out oil from different sources. We decided

to try out some different oils that would be produced without heat. What

surprises for us. Some of the oils were coming in with a very faint or in some

cases, almost nonexistent coconut aroma and virtually no coconutty taste or

aftertaste.

At first we thought they must be doing something wrong, as they are losing the

coconut essence or aroma. Now we are finding out that the top quality ANH oils

produced with time, ageing, strict quality control and I'm sure TLC have these

same characteristics. I have tried to explain this to my customers, but it has

not been easy. The virgin oils we carried in the past all had varying degrees

of coconut aroma. Even the Quality First Centrifuged oil has a definite coconut

aroma - and at one time this was the best oil we could find.

We also learned that " centrifuged " is not necessarily synonomous with top

quality oil. A quality oil depends on many factors, not just centrifuged. It

would appear to me that the Quality First oil does see heat because of its

aroma, at least according to the producers. " The more heat applied, the

stronger the aroma " .

Many of the centrifuged oils received were also of poor quality. Everything

from high moisture content, sourness, metallic tasting, to rigid texture and

upset stomach for our testers. In some cases the " centrifuged " oils were not

even centrifuged, but cold-pressed (whatever that now means), or blended oils

and were being marketed as centrifuged as a sign of quality. We will continue to

buy a centrifuged oil, but only where there's quality.

We can hardly wait to start trying some of this ANH Philippine oil in the

future. Not because there has been no heat applied so much, but because of the

time and natural ageing and strict quality control. It is like fine wine. Good

wine takes time, there is no machine that replaces this.

Lil

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