Guest guest Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 >hi all, > >I've found copha here, easily available in all supermarkets. It's >coconut oil, with what looks like a harderner in it. It's less than >a quarter of the price of pure coconut oil. I believe it is hydrogenated, which isn't as good as non-hydrogenated. They used to sell it in the US for baking until the saturated fat scare, I've read. -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 Heidi- >I believe it is hydrogenated, which isn't as good as non-hydrogenated. And the prestigious Understatement Of The Year Award goes to... drum-roll please... HEIDI! ;-) - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 In a message dated 12/7/2003 5:24:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, janej@... writes: I've found copha here, easily available in all supermarkets. It's coconut oil, with what looks like a harderner in it. It's less than a quarter of the price of pure coconut oil. ## Jane, As I understand copha it is the solid fat from coconut so the 'hardener' may not be that but just the copha itself. And while I am certain it is a whole lot better than cooking with vegetable oil or any chemically based crap I tend to doubt that it has the benefits or as many of the benefits as virgin coconut oil. In fact I recently got some coconut oil given to me that did not have 'virgin' on the packaging. I also have several pounds of virgin coconut oil here and there is a huge difference between those two products. Much as there is a big difference in taste and quality between virgin olive oil and extra virgin olive oil. I am using the non virgin coconut oil as a hair conditioner and cook with the virgin coconut oil or with lard. So given the noticeable difference between the non virgin coconut oil and the virgin I can only guess you would notice a big difference between copha and virgin coconut oil. Well worth the price in my view. Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 > > As I understand copha it is the solid fat from coconut so > the 'hardener' may not be that but just the copha itself. I had never heard of " copha " before, and at first assumed that it was just a variant of " copra " , which is the dessicated coconut meat from which most commercial coconut oil is pressed, but then I came across http://www.kokonutpacific.com.au where it says " Copha is hydrogenated RBD coconut oil. As a commercial product, " Copha " is also sometimes called " coconut butter " . " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 By the way, I also came across some information about those puffed-rice and chocolate things people have been talking about, at http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/copha.htm . > > I had never heard of " copha " before, and at first assumed that > it was just a variant of " copra " , which is the dessicated coconut > meat from which most commercial coconut oil is pressed, but then > I came across http://www.kokonutpacific.com.au where it says > > " Copha is hydrogenated RBD coconut oil. As a commercial > product, " Copha " is also sometimes called " coconut butter " . " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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