How Does Coconut Extract Oil?

Coconut is a kind of fruit that grows on the tree like palm. Usually you can see it on the beach or seaside.

In Southeast Asia, the popularity of coconut oil is very high. People use it in daily food, cooking rice, cooking, baking, skin care, and hair care.

Coconut oil is a non-volatile oil made by refining the seeds of the palm tree coconut tree. The oil content in coconut meat reaches 33%.

About The Extraction of Coconut Oil

The more popular ways to squeeze coconut oil are:

Dry pressing method: Use fresh coconut meat at a temperature below 140°F to extract coconut oil by mechanically and physically pressing the oil.

Wet squeezing method: The coconut meat is crushed, filtered, and cooked until the oil floats on the water and then separates water and oil.

Regarding the separation of coconut oil from water and oil: it usually goes through the steps of purification, bleaching, and deodorization.

For different extraction methods of coconut oil, the appearance, quality, taste and fragrance obtained are also different.

Purified coconut oil is mostly made from dried copra and is commonly used in the food industry. It is generally believed that this coconut oil is healthy because its fatty acids have not been destroyed. Because it is colorless and tasteless, many people also like to consume this oil.

Cold-pressed coconut oil is mostly made from fresh coconuts. The liquid of this oil is as clear as water, and it is white after solidification. Because it has not been processed by high temperature and chemical substances, this oil retains its original composition and has the special smell and taste of coconut.