Virgin Coconut Oil (was Olive Oils)

October 17, 2007

> Dave wrote: One thing I find very confusing is the variety of

> organic coconut oils available and the huge disparity in price from

> one brand to the next.

Hi Dave,

Most organic coconut oils I've come across are the virgin oil, but

there is some organic coconut available that is not virgin (I know

that Spectrum, for example, has both varieties available). Extra

virgin as opposed to virgin means nothing in the world of coconut oil.

It just sounds good

Then there is a difference between virgin coconut oils (VCO). There is

a traditional method for producing it, which (in a coco-nutshell

entails pressing the fresh coconut meat, heating it (low heat) and

giving it a bit of separation/fermentation time. This one smells like

lightly toasted coconut.

There is also a centrifuged VCO available (know as Virgin Oil de Coco

Creme by some). This one smells like a fresh cut coconut.

Usually the traditional variety of the oil is less costly, not because

it is necessarily inferior, but because the centrifuged oil takes a

larger investment in costly machinery to produce it, and therefore

producers have a larger investment cost to recoup and must charge a

higher price for their product.

I've carried both and like them both very much.

Then there is the " how much can we possibly charge for this stuff "

factor involved too

And lastly ... the quantity you get it in. As with most things, the

per lb price for 1 lb will be far more than the per lb price for a 5

gallon bucket, and that will cost more per lb than a drum, which cost

more per lb than a container load of it - and the guy who buys a

container load can afford to resell it for less than the guy who only

got a 5 gallon bucket *lol*

Yada yada ...

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

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