Virgin Coconut Oil
Virgin Coconut Oil
- Unrefined coconut oil is often referred as "virgin" or "pure" coconut oil. Coconut oil extracted from fresh coconut meat rather than dried.
- The fresh coconut meat undergoes the processes: wet milling. This quick process, does not require bleaching or additives. It also isn't exposed to high heat levels like its refined counterpart.
- Virgin coconut oil is richer in phytonutrients than refined coconut oil. Polyphenols, which act as antioxidants, are damaged by the bleaching and heating process used to produce refined coconut oil, so more are present in the unrefined kind.