coconut oil

[Sheryl]

The unscented one is referred to as RBD coconut oil. That stands for:

Refined
Bleached
Deoderized

They need to do this because the coconut is often old, black and rancid when they make this type of oil. It needs to go through many steps to make it usable as a food.

For this reason I would never buy the unscented oil (what a great marketing gimic, to call it unscented). The scented ones are made using fresh coconuts and are much better for you.

Cheers,
Sheryl

[Minnie]

Here's some info about what you were saying:
http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/wh...oconut_oil.htm

But this company's refined coconut oil seems to be processed different. They call it Expeller Pressed Coconut Oil:
http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/epco.htm
see how it's yellowish.

Minnie :)

[alex]

Expeller pressed
Cold pressed

these are marketing terms and really have no meaning. The two important words to look for are 'organic' and 'unrefined'. Our bodies require some saturated fat.

The melting point of coconut oil is about 75 F.

alex

[Angelic]

Wow! I had no idea that coconut oil had so many uses and good benefits :) , I will definitely get some..the one they were selling was raw, organic, I hope it is still on sale. Thanks for all the ideas!

[raw-a-go-go]

thanks to everyone with all the information. I am off to find some right now.

[luckitri]

My local health food store sells extra virgin coconut oil that is both scented and unscented. I have one of each. My husband was starting to enjoy his food with the unscented one but now he is considering raw. I can't handle much oil in my food at all until I found coconut oil. I often like to shop at the Asian markets for items I can't get elsewhere (like watercress and coconuts and tamarind!) Recently I checked their brand of coconut oil. YECCHHHH!!! It has a stale petroleum product used exhaust smell. I wouldn't want it in my food, on my skin, my hair my dog! Now I have to really search for items to buy with my coconuts there because I don't need the spices anymore!

[Angelic]

Just wanted to let you guys know that the Vitamin shoppe online has the raw organic coconut oil on sale for $20.99 for 54 oz...it is normally 29.99, also the shipping was only 2.99 I also had a promotion code (7234) that got me $10 off my order. :)