Holistic RAW Cold-pressed Coconut Oil

Extra Virgin Raw Organic Coconut Oil

Coconut oil is suitable for cooking, smoothies, desserts, body care, or consuming as is. Coconut oil is rich in medium-chain fatty acids, especially the important fatty acids lauric acid and caprylic acid, with a lauric acid content of approximately 50 percent. Cold-pressed coconut oil is a saturated fat and a healthy one at that. Unlike other saturated fats (which have long-chain fatty acids), coconut oil consists of medium-chain fatty acids. These are considered a very important form of fat.

Coconut oil is a stable oil and works best in cooking as it can withstand heating up to 400 degrees, meaning it doesn't create trans fats when heated. You can use coconut oil in stews, sauces, for frying, in baking, in your health drink, on sandwiches, or eat it directly with a spoon. A simple and wonderfully delicious way to consume it is to add it to rice, quinoa, or porridge.

How is good coconut oil made?

Well, the best oil comes from young coconuts, the green coconuts. They are opened and the coconut water is preserved. The flesh is scraped out and cold-pressed so that the coconut milk flows out. The coconut milk is mixed with the coconut water and left to rest at room temperature where it undergoes natural fermentation. This separates the protein, fat, and water from each other. The protein floats to the surface. The water sinks to the bottom and the oil collects in the middle. The protein is then scooped off from the surface and the oil is carefully collected and then heated so the water evaporates. Cold-pressed oil must not be heated above 42 degrees Celsius - hence the term raw.

How is lower quality coconut oil made?

Bleaching, refining, and hydrogenation of the oil deteriorates both taste and healthy properties.

Lower quality oil comes from older coconuts, the brown ones, called copra. To extract oil from this flesh, it must be heated well above 42 degrees. Typically, the flesh is heated and mixed in a hydrogenation reactor with sodium hydroxide, phosphoric acid, bleaching earth, activated carbon, and various types of solvents. This process creates trans fats. The coconut oil is then usually subjected to deodorization (removing the taste and smell of coconut), where it's heated to 230 degrees. Those who use this method say: Both phosphoric acid, bleaching earth, and activated carbon are approved processing aids (by the EU), and there are no residues left in the refined end product. As consumers, we must make our own judgment...

Many spreadable fats, including margarines, are not healthy at all and undergo a similar process. In a hydrogenation process, liquid oils are transformed into cheap spreadable, stable fats. They are usually manufactured using chemicals, so it's better to choose organic butter! If you're vegan: use coconut oil on your sandwich instead. These trans fats are present in many foods and raise the level of blood fat Lp(a), which is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.

So how should you choose coconut oil?

Simple; always choose an organic, raw, cold-pressed, unbleached, unrefined, non-deodorized coconut oil. Yes, it costs a bit more, but it's worth it!

There are cheaper coconut oils from copra (older coconuts) that have been deodorized at approximately 100 degrees but not hardened in reactors with acid, carbon, solvents, etc. - these cannot be called raw but can be organic. However, they are not of the same quality and do not have the same health benefits as a raw, cold-pressed oil.

Fun to know:

Each coconut tree flowers up to 13 times per year, and can be harvested year-round. Each tree produces an average of 60 coconuts per year and 10,000 during its lifetime. What a tree! It gives us: coconut oil, coconut water, coconut milk, coconut palm sugar, coconut flour, coconut nectar, coconut vinegar, coconut chips, and coconut flakes....

Dosage: Recommended daily intake is 5-10g.

Contents: 100% Organic cold-pressed coconut oil. INCI: 100% Cocos nucifera oil. This is an unrefined, unbleached, and non-deodorized virgin coconut oil from coconuts from the Philippines.

Manufacturer: Holistic, Sweden.

Country of Origin: Philippines

Organic cold-pressed, unrefined, virgin and unscented coconut oil.