21 Facts About Coconut oil

Coconut oil is an edible oil derived from the wick, meat, and milk of the coconut palm fruit.

Virgin coconut oil can be produced from fresh coconut milk, meat, or residue.

Coconut oil can be extracted from the dry residue left over from the production of coconut milk.

Refined, bleached, and deodorized oil is usually made from copra and dried coconut kernel, which is pressed in a heated hydraulic press to extract the oil.

RBD Coconut oil is used for home cooking, commercial food processing, and cosmetic, industrial, and pharmaceutical purposes.

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RBD coconut oil can be processed further into partially or fully hydrogenated oil to increase its melting point.

Fractionated coconut oil provides fractions of the whole oil so that its different fatty acids can be separated for specific uses.

The fractionation of coconut oil can be used to isolate caprylic acid and capric acid, which are medium-chain triglycerides, as these are used for medical applications, special diets and cosmetics, sometimes being used as a carrier oil for fragrances.

Many health organizations advise against the consumption of coconut oil owing to its high levels of saturated fat, including the United States Food and Drug Administration, World Health Organization, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, American Dietetic Association, American Heart Association, British National Health Service, British Nutrition Foundation, and Dietitians of Canada.

Marketing of coconut oil has created the inaccurate belief that it is a "healthy food".

Coconut oil contains a high amount of lauric acid, a saturated fat that raises total blood cholesterol levels by increasing the amounts of both high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Coconut oil contains phytosterols, whereas there are no micronutrients in significant content.

Coconut oil has a long history in Asia, particularly in tropical regions where the plant is abundant, where it has been used for cooking.

Hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated coconut oil is often used in non-dairy creamers and snack foods.

Coconut oil has been tested for use as a feedstock for biodiesel to use as a diesel engine fuel.

The Coconut oil must meet the Weihenstephan standard to use pure vegetable Coconut oil as a fuel.

Biodiesel fuel derived from coconut oil is currently used as a fuel for transport in the Philippines.

Coconut oil has been tested for use as an engine lubricant and as a transformer oil.

Coconut oil are used as raw materials in the manufacture of surfactants such as cocamidopropyl betaine, cocamide MEA, and cocamide DEA.

Coconut oil is an important base ingredient for the manufacture of soap.

Soap made with coconut oil tends to be hard, though it retains more water than soap made with other oils and thus increases manufacturer yields.