Nutiva Coconut Oil- Organic Extra Virgin 15 oz.
SKU:
692752200014
Certified organic and non-GMO
Made from fresh coconuts, not dried copra
Cold-processed
Unrefined
Chemical-free
Unfermented *
Unbleached
Undeodorized
Unhydrogenated
Pure white like fresh coconut
Tastes like fresh coconut
Has a fresh coconut fragrance
Made with our Fresh is Best ™ commitment
* Other brands wait more than 10 hours between
chopping the coconut and pressing the oil, adversely affecting flavor.
Please Note: Nutiva's Coconut oil is solid at room
temperature and melts at 76°F.
No refrigeration required.
How coconut oil is processed is the key to optimizing its taste,
texture, color, and aroma. Within two hours of Nutiva's coconuts being chopped,
the oil is cold-pressed. Contrast this with 99 percent of the coconut oil used
today in cooking and body care. First, the coconut is chopped and left to dry in
the sun for days. Then the meat is scooped out and sent thousands of miles to giant
oil mills where the oxidizing coco meat is refined, bleached, and/or deodorized.
Ironically, this product is often labeled as "certified organic.”
There is no comparison between Nutiva's cold-pressed, extra-virgin Organic Coconut
Oil, with its light taste, pleasant aroma, and pure white color, and industrialized
coconut oil, with its bland taste, faint aroma, and off-white color. Please note
that any tiny brown specks found at the bottom of Nutiva's Coconut Oil are from
the coconut fiber and are indigenous to extra-virgin coconut oil.
Since the 1960s, coconut oil has been mistakenly described as unhealthy.
The media reported on studies finding that tropical coconut oils were laden
with artery-clogging fats. What went unreported was the fact that the
coconut oil used in the studies was hydrogenated—not the virgin oil used for
centuries as a staple food.
Coconut oil is about 50 percent lauric acid, a rare medium-chain
fatty acid found in mother's milk that supports healthy metabolism and is now
being studied for its anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial health-protecting
properties. Overall, coconut oil contains 92% saturated fats, and only 1% Omega-6,
the fat Americans get way too much of.