DETAILS ABOUT COCONUT OIL

Coconut oil has many uses, including:

Food: Coconut oil is used in baking, confectionery, snacks, cereals, beverages, soups, salads, and sauces. It has a high smoking point and adds nutritional value to food products.. .

Non-food: Used in soaps, detergents, cosmetics, biodiesel, shampoos, and synthetic rubber.

Extraction and Processing of Coconut Oil:

Extraction : Coconut oil can be extracted by mechanical pressing, solvent extraction, sun drying, or alcohol extraction.

Types: Coconut oil can be refined or unrefined, with virgin coconut oil retaining more biologically active components.

Hydrogenation: RBD coconut oil can be hydrogenated to increase its melting point.

Nutrition: Coconut oil contains about 120 calories and 14 grams of fat per tablespoon. A meta-analysis of 16 clinical trials found that coconut oil increased cholesterol levels compared to other vegetable oils.

Procedure:

1. Procurement of Coconut : We procure matured coconuts with high yield from the farmers. Our Procurement areas are not only limited to Pollachi, Mysore, Cochin and Thrissur.

2. Separation of nuts from shell: Manually broken dehusked coconuts are sun dried for a day and nuts are separated manually on next day.

3.Copra making: Extracted copra are sun dried for more than three days to get the required moisture content.

4. Reheating in dryer : The copra is reheated in dryer before chopping into pieces to maintain the required moisture level.

5.Chopping of copra into pieces : Copra is chopped mechanically into pieces through cutter driven by electric drive.

6. Roasting in cooker: The chopped pieces are roasted in cooker with steam for more than 45 minutes.

7. Crushing in expeller : Chopped and roasted copra is crushed in oil expeller in two stages.

8. Separation of cake particles from oil : The cake particles in extracted oil are separated mechanically using vibrator.

9. Double Filteration : The extracted pure coconut oil is filtered twice in different filters to get the finest quality.

10. Storage in tanks : The filtered pure coconut oil is stored in closed tanks for packing.

11. Packing : The packing is done using multi layered films, bottles, cans and tins.

12. Distribution : The packed goods are sent to retail outlets. SRM Gold Pure Coconut Oil reaches the hands of the customer completely untouched by human hands.

Conclusion:

Coconut and its by-products have been used for centuries as culinary, cosmetic, and medicinal agents. More recently, virgin coconut oil (VCO) is gaining recognition as a functional food due to its perceived health benefits. Virgin coconut oil has a high proportion of medium-chain triglycerides, which unlike the long chain triglycerides, are oxidized to energy in the liver. In addition to its excellent antioxidant profile, coconut oil is said to have antimicrobial and hypolipidemic properties too. This review focuses on the historical and functional aspects of coconut oil, with special emphasis on its health properties.

Market growth:

The global coconut oil market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2–7.31% from 2022–2032. The market size is expected to reach between USD 9.5 billion and USD 10.65 billion by 2032. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the .