The vast majority of virgin coconut oil on sale in the US and UK is subjected to varying amounts of heat during production. Heating is used to rid the VCO of the minute amount of moisture left after the oil has separated from the protein and the skim milk. The heating allows the producer to package the oil on the day it is harvested. It can then be shipped the next day.......Unfortunately; heating the oil also destroys some of the vital antioxidants and nutrients that make VCO so beneficial.
Heated oils invariably have a low Lauric Acid content. Lauric Acid is the medium chain fatty acid which is gives VCO its formidable healing powers.
Cocovida VCO has a recently confirmed Lauric Acid content of 54.1%. This is actually above the Philippine National Standard of 45.1% to 53.2%. The Philippine National Standard was set so low, to take into account the Lauric Acid of the heated oils. Any oil with a Lauric Acid content of below 45.1% would almost certainly not get licensed by the Philippine Bureau of Food and Drugs.
Cocovida VCO is allowed to stand for 4 weeks after harvesting. This is enough time for the final moisture content to separate from the oil. During this 4 week period the oil is filtered a minimum of 4 times. This makes Cocovida oil, water clear. (Please do not believe the rubbish on some websites about small brown particles being "indigenous" to VCO. All it means is, they can't be bothered to filter their oil. ) The reason the moisture level has to be kept to an absolute minimum, is that it is the moisture level that contributes to the oil eventually going rancid . Cocovida has a regular analysis done at The Philippine Institute for Pure and Applied Chemistry, the most recent showing moisture content of .12%, against a Philippine National Standard of .2%. We are therefore able to state the Cocovida VCO has a very long shelf life.
Before you buy your next jar of VCO, please check the facts. We are more than confident that the quality of our oil is far superior to the other VCO's already available in the UK and US. |
