2. Refining, decoloring, deodorizing, refining coconut oil and virgin coconut oil, the difference between them lies in the processing procedure of oil products.
3, virgin coconut oil represents the oil itself through less refining process, through shading and refining without chemical additives, also become cold pressed coconut oil.
4. Refined coconut oil is generally made of dried coconut; Dried coconut is made by sun exposure, smoking and heating in kiln, and sometimes these methods are mixed. Coconut oil made from dried coconut is mainly used in cosmetics and food industry.
5, the high-quality dose is still cold-pressed virgin coconut oil, which is squeezed from fresh coconut, not dried coconut. This coconut oil is extracted by these methods: boiling, fermentation, freezing, mechanical pressing, centrifugal separation and other technologies. Without the participation of high temperature and chemical solvents, this oil will retain its natural plant compounds and have obvious coconut fragrance.
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The raw material used in virgin coconut oil is the coconut flesh of fresh coconut. High-quality coconut is selected from a specific coconut tree species-primitive coconut trees, rather than hybrid coconut trees after the development of modern science. At the same time, the coconut itself must be free from any pollution or inferior quality. High temperature and chemical solvents are not used in the processing process, so that the natural flavor is maintained and the loss of nutrients is avoided.
Therefore, the virgin coconut oil of the finished product will retain a faint coconut fragrance. Moreover, coconut oil is processed from white coconut meat, and high-quality coconut oil is transparent and colorless in liquid state; When it is in a solidified state, it should be as white as snow. This coconut oil is usually the most nutritious and healthy virgin coconut oil. If the temperature is too high during the processing of virgin coconut oil, the oil will turn yellow and have a heavy aroma. This is just like sesame oil commonly used in our daily life. Raw and fried, it has become what we often call "sesame oil".
Refined coconut oil, as its name implies, is deep processing. Refine at high temperature first, then decolorize and deodorize. Moreover, unlike virgin coconut oil, the coconut raw material used for refining coconut oil is dried whole coconut, which is called COPRA in English, meaning "dried coconut meat". The quality of coconut used for refining coconut oil is high or low, including new coconut, old coconut and residual coconut.
Before processing, the coconut is broken, dried in the sun, or dried in a high-temperature furnace. Coconuts dried in the sun are usually thrown on the ground and exposed to the sun for many days or more before processing begins. It is conceivable that this dried coconut meat will contain a lot of bacteria and mold. But during processing, this coconut oil will be disinfected. Sometimes, manufacturers also use chemical solvents in order to get the maximum oil yield and remove the pollutants contained in the oil. The oil thus processed is colorless and tasteless.
References:
Sri Lanka organic cold pressed primary coconut oil-Baidu Encyclopedia