Re: Expeller Pressed Coconut Oil

[Guest guest]

I like centrifuged oil. I have only tried the stuff from WFN, so I

can't compare brands. No tan color. It comes shipped in plastic, but I

have not noticed any plasticy smell. Very nice coconut smell, but which

does not overpower other foods when used in frying or in salad dressing.

Alobar

Expeller pressed coconut oil

>I have tried virgin coconut oil from three different companies and love

> them all. I did eventually order some expeller pressed oil to use in

> cooking and for my skin when I dont want any coconut odor. I really dont

> like the taste of the EP oil at all.Also it has a plasticy odor to it.

> It taste somehow like machinery to me. I understand that I have

> unusually sensitive taste to anything plastic, could it be the plastic

> container that it comes in? Do all of the EP oils have the tanish color

> and weird taste to them or is there a brand that I might like better? I

> dont have a problem using up the oil as I give it to my dogs and they

> love and seem to benefit from it but I dont think I want to buy any more

> of it for my own use if it all tastes and smells like that.

> Anne

>

[Guest guest]

Actually my question was not for the virgin oil. My husband can not

stand the coconut flavor of the virgin and so I tried some expeller

pressed because I had read that it was tasteless and odorless but I dont

think that the stuff I bought was either. Even my husband can tell when

I have used it in cooking and he doesnt have much of a sense of taste or

smell. I just wanted to know if that flavor is typical of expeller

pressed oil in general so I can decide if I want to try another brand or

just give up for now?

Anne

tess mamangun wrote:

>Centrifuged Oil is really very light. Taste of plastic can only be noticed if

the oil has been there for the last 6 months at least. Centrifuged oil does not

have an offensive coconut smell because it is not directly subjected to heat.

The strong coconut smell can only be found on VCO that have undergone really

high heat or those that got burned in the process.

>

>Alobar <Alobar@...> wrote: I like centrifuged oil. I have only

tried the stuff from WFN, so I

>can't compare brands. No tan color. It comes shipped in plastic, but I

>have not noticed any plasticy smell. Very nice coconut smell, but which

>does not overpower other foods when used in frying or in salad dressing.

>

>Alobar

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I ordered expeller pressed oil from Wilderness Family Naturals and

there is NO smell or taste at all and it comes in glass jars.And it

costs a lot less then VCO too......Barbara

> I have tried virgin coconut oil from three different companies and

love

> them all. I did eventually order some expeller pressed oil to use in

> cooking and for my skin when I dont want any coconut odor. I really

dont

> like the taste of the EP oil at all.Also it has a plasticy odor to

it.

> It taste somehow like machinery to me. I understand that I have

> unusually sensitive taste to anything plastic, could it be the

plastic

> container that it comes in? Do all of the EP oils have the tanish

color

> and weird taste to them or is there a brand that I might like better?

I

> dont have a problem using up the oil as I give it to my dogs and they

> love and seem to benefit from it but I dont think I want to buy any

more

> of it for my own use if it all tastes and smells like that.

> Anne

[Guest guest]

May I make a comment of Expeller pressed oil:

This is how it is processed from what I have personally seen.

Coconut residue (this is the coconut meat from where the coconut milk has been

extracted. Technically, this is called a waste product) is dried either, under

the sun for at least a day or oven dried or toasted on a hot plate.

When it has become dried, or a bit yellowish, this is placed in an expeller

press. The oil output of this process is yellowish with strong coconut smell.

For it to become whiter and clearer, it is mixed with perlite and after which it

is passed through a filtering machine with activated carbon.

In the real sense of the word, this is RBD oil, refined, bleached and deodorized

just like the ordinary coconut cooking oil. This is a good and healthy cooking

oil. This oil can be ingested too like VCO but is not suggested. We have to

remember that pure VCO should not undergo any other further processing after the

oil has been extracted.

Many producers and traders, even from the Philippines do this kind process and

still call their oil as VCO.

Expeller pressed oil should really be cheaper. In the Philippines one can get

expeller pressed oil at $1.00 per liter or even lesser, as against real cold

processed VCO that ranges from $8 to $14per liter.

The difference in the prices should not be the basis. If we would want to get

the most health benefits out of VCO, we have to go for the best, because in the

end it will come out cheaper. The really good kind of VCO can help cure our

ailments in lesser time and less dosage.

Barbara <threeddoggal@...> wrote:

I ordered expeller pressed oil from Wilderness Family Naturals and

there is NO smell or taste at all and it comes in glass jars.And it

costs a lot less then VCO too......Barbara

> I have tried virgin coconut oil from three different companies and

love

> them all. I did eventually order some expeller pressed oil to use in

> cooking and for my skin when I dont want any coconut odor. I really

dont

> like the taste of the EP oil at all.Also it has a plasticy odor to

it.

> It taste somehow like machinery to me. I understand that I have

> unusually sensitive taste to anything plastic, could it be the

plastic

> container that it comes in? Do all of the EP oils have the tanish

color

> and weird taste to them or is there a brand that I might like better?

I

> dont have a problem using up the oil as I give it to my dogs and they

> love and seem to benefit from it but I dont think I want to buy any

more

> of it for my own use if it all tastes and smells like that.

> Anne

[Guest guest]

My local warehouse store carries a 50lb. can of expeller pressed oil

at $60.

> > I have tried virgin coconut oil from three different companies

and

> love

> > them all. I did eventually order some expeller pressed oil to use

in

> > cooking and for my skin when I dont want any coconut odor. I

really

> dont

> > like the taste of the EP oil at all.Also it has a plasticy odor

to

> it.

> > It taste somehow like machinery to me. I understand that I have

> > unusually sensitive taste to anything plastic, could it be the

> plastic

> > container that it comes in? Do all of the EP oils have the tanish

> color

> > and weird taste to them or is there a brand that I might like

better?

> I

> > dont have a problem using up the oil as I give it to my dogs and

they

> > love and seem to benefit from it but I dont think I want to buy

any

> more

> > of it for my own use if it all tastes and smells like that.

> > Anne

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In my experience with various local health food stores, it seems to me

that people who wok in those stores are " experts " about selling the

products which they sell, but know next to nothing about products

which they do not sell.

Centrifuged VCO is my favorite coconut oil, but I have been broke for

the past 3 years, so I use less expensive coconut oils.

I am sure no researcher or coconut expert, but from what I have read,

much of the research demonstrating how good coconut oil is for people

with serious illnesses was done using the less expensive grades of

coconut oil.

You might want to go back to the health food store and ask for

references about the claim that expeller processed coconut oil

contains trans fats. Be interesting to hear what they have to back up

that claim.

Alobar

On 9/13/08, szeigler92 <szeigler92@...> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I'd like to know if expeller pressed coconut oil, since it's refined

> to a certain extent, is still beneficial. Does it contain trans fats?

>

> I was told that it has no benefits and does contain trans fats by

> someone who works in a health food store. I was thinking Dr. Fife

> recommends it. I'm confused.

>

> Thanks!

>

>

[Guest guest]

> > Hi,

> >

> > I'd like to know if expeller pressed coconut oil, since it's refined

> > to a certain extent, is still beneficial. Does it contain trans fats?

> >

> > I was told that it has no benefits and does contain trans fats by

> > someone who works in a health food store. I was thinking Dr. Fife

> > recommends it. I'm confused.

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

> >

>Thanks for your answer, Alobar. I wrote you earlier but my post has

not appeared. I'm wondering if it's because I mentioned a brand name.

Anyway, I appreciate your information!

[Guest guest]

Your previous post appeared here. I mention brand names all the

time, so that should not be a problem for you.

You might want to go to the group site here:

Coconut Oil/

to check up on any messages not showing up in your mailbox.

Alobar

On 9/15/08, szeigler92 <szeigler92@...> wrote:

>

> > > Hi,

> > >

> > > I'd like to know if expeller pressed coconut oil, since it's refined

> > > to a certain extent, is still beneficial. Does it contain trans fats?

> > >

> > > I was told that it has no benefits and does contain trans fats by

> > > someone who works in a health food store. I was thinking Dr. Fife

> > > recommends it. I'm confused.

> > >

> > > Thanks!

> > >

> > >

>

> >Thanks for your answer, Alobar. I wrote you earlier but my post has

> not appeared. I'm wondering if it's because I mentioned a brand name.

> Anyway, I appreciate your information!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I still don't see it for some reason. If you got it, though, then

that's okay. I mainly just wanted to say thanks for your reply.

[Guest guest]

Lou (sp???)maybe it is LouAnn (only ever seen that brand at wal-mart)

used to sell a very refined brand of coconut oil that was hydrogenated. You

definitely don¹t want that.

I am wondering if the health food store worker was ³trying to² tell you

about louAnn and not to buy that kind that is hydrogenated and got their

facts a bit mixed up?????

Chantelle

On 9/15/08 5:26 PM, " szeigler92 " <szeigler92@...> wrote:

>

>> >

>> > You might want to go back to the health food store and ask for

>> > references about the claim that expeller processed coconut oil

>> > contains trans fats. Be interesting to hear what they have to back up

>> > that claim.

>> >

>> > Alobar

>> >

>> > On 9/13/08, szeigler92 <szeigler92@...> wrote:

>>> > > Hi,

>>> > >

>>> > > I'd like to know if expeller pressed coconut oil, since it's refined

>>> > > to a certain extent, is still beneficial. Does it contain trans fats?

>>> > >

>>> > > I was told that it has no benefits and does contain trans fats by

>>> > > someone who works in a health food store. I was thinking Dr. Fife

>>> > > recommends it. I'm confused.

>>> > >

>>> > > Thanks!

>>> > >

[Guest guest]

>tankld07@... wrote

>

>Can anyone tell me if their are as many health benefits in the

>expeller pressed coconut oil as the more expensive ones that are not

>expeller pressed?

My family's been using expeller pressed for years now and we hardly

catch colds during the winter. AFAIK the " active " ingredient in

coconut oil is lauric acid and that is as present as in the virgin

oil. The main reasons I switched to expeller (not cold) pressed is because

- it doesn't taste/smell so much like coconut so it's easier to cook

with and my kids don't object nearly as much

- it's cheaper

That said I would assume there are some health benefits to having a

product closer to the natural state, but I don't honestly know what

those benefits are.

hth,

Marty

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