VCO May Help to Live a More Heart-Healthy Lifestyle

Someone in the U.S. has a heart attack about every 34 seconds. A heart attack happens when arteries narrowed by fat, cholesterol or other substances are unable to supply the heart muscle with enough oxygen-rich blood. The American Heart Association (AHA) designates every February as Heart Health Month to call attention to the importance of proper screening and preventive measures. Lately, scientists are discovering that virgin coconut  oil may help them to live a more heart-healthy lifestyle.

Avoid Fermentation To Improve The Quality of VCO

Currently there are many methods for producing VCO. Basically, all methods can be used as long as itis capable of producing a high quality product VCO.  Economic considerations are another factor related to its business activities.

One of parameters of the VCO quality is lauric acid content. High levels of lauric acid come from good raw materials and good manufacturing processes. Good raw material comes from an old coconut fruits that indicated with blackish brown husk  and dark brown shell, thick and hard. The flesh is also much thicker than the young coconut fruits.

While good process is indicated by the maintained important contents in the VCO and remain economically viable. One of the problems in the process of manufacturing  VCO is the fermentation that causes lauric acid content is low. Fermentation is due to non-sterile production process, including raw materials used, the means of production and the environment.

In many cases the traditional industry is difficult to produce quality VCO due to lack of knowledge onhygiene factors and the production process. So as to avoid fermentation, it is necessary to make the production process as sterile as possible. If the process has been performed in sterile and produce VCOwith high lauric acid content, the next process is the usual purification, the lower the moisture content up tothe allowable level (typically <0.1%).

High quality VCO will provide optimum benefit for you. So before you eat them thoroughly first the VCO products, because not all VCO have the same quality.

VIRGIN COCONUT OIL HAILED AS CURE FOR ALZHEIMER’S

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After previous claims as an antiseptic, AIDS cure, anti-infective, cholesterol-basher, and remedy for various aches and pains, coconut oil is now being hailed as a possible miracle cure for Alzheimer’s.

The American physician, who has been dubbed “Dr. Coconut” for his tireless research into and championing of coconut oil’s healing properties, is back in the country bringing the latest breakthrough in the management of Alzheimer’s and other neurological conditions. the ongoing 10th Coconut Festival in Mandaluyong City, relating the remarkable recovery of Steve Newport, 58, from five years of progressive dementia after just 35 days of taking virgin coconut oil (VCO).


Fife has written all about it in his book, “Stop Alzheimer’s Now.”

Newport’s case history 


Newport was diagnosed when an MRI scan showed his brain had shrunk, a classic case of Alzheimer’s disease, the progressive, degenerative form of dementia that involves the loss of brain functions and extreme behavioral changes.

Newport’s wife Mary, who is a neonatal doctor at Spring Hill Regional Hospital in Florida, then began a relentless quest to seek a cure that would arrest his deterioration. “It has been a nightmare to watch his decline and I feel helpless to do anything but watch it happen,” said Mary.

In May 2008, Mary stumbled on a company that was enlisting volunteers to test a new drug for dementia-stricken patients. But like all experimental drugs, the company preferred subjects with moderate forms of the disease, based on how they scored in the MMSE (mini-mental state exam), a standard test of mental status used to screen for Alzheimer’s. Newport took the test twice and failed.

He scored too low, shown to be on the border of severe dementia, to qualify as an experimental subject. Mary was devastated.

MCT miracle ingredient 

Possessed of a research background, Mary was able to dig up the results for the new drug called AC-1202 (later known as Axona). She learned from the journal, BMC Neuroscience, that the active ingredient in the drug was MCT (medium-chain triglycerides), an oil that is used to treat epilepsy and also placed in hospital feeding programs for newborns.


Bingo! She knew as a pediatrician that babies needed to develop their brains with the right brain foods and MCT was found in great quantities in VCO, the oil extracted from the fresh meat of coconuts. Intuitively, she started Newport on a feeding program. Instead of using Axona at $100 per month with 1 dose a day, Mary used VCO—at a cost of $10 a month—giving him 2 tablespoons of a mixture of VCO and its pharmaceutical isolate, MCT, with every meal.

Because of the high amounts of saturated fat in this diet, some have expressed concern about how this could affect blood cholesterol levels. According to Fife, Newport’s tests have dispelled this notion and in fact his cholesterol levels have actually improved with the good cholesterol (HDL) going up and the bad cholesterol (LDL) going down.

In 18 months, Newport’s severe dementia was totally arrested. He scored high enough in the MMSE tests to be considered to be in the mild range of Alzheimer’s.

Tale of hope, persistence

Inspired by her husband’s recovery, Dr. Mary Newport travels all over the United States telling her story of hope and persistence. She encourages the medical scientific community to keep on with their research into the use of MCTs as a therapeutic aid in treating Alzheimer’s, as well as Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative disorders.

In March 2009, the experimental drug AC-1202 was renamed Axona and approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a medical food for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease with no therapeutic claims. When Axona finally came out, it caused intestinal distress and diarrhea among some patients. Others reported that the drug’s effects wore out after only a few hours that they still had to take coconut oil to maintain their ketone levels. Ketones are organic compounds that result when body fat is broken down for energy.


Fife explained that drugs become ineffective after some time and coconut oil, converted into ketones, decrease the formation of free radicals that damage the cells. Hence, coconut oil is especially important for those taking medications. “Following the Newport’s’ example, many people with neurologic disorders are now incorporating coconut oil into their diets with good results,” said Fife.

Brain food

He said if any food could be labeled as brain food it would be coconut oil. According to Fife, coconut oil, converted into ketones, acts as a superfuel to the brain and normalizes brain function, stops the erratic signal transmissions that leads to seizures, and improves cognition and memory.

The MCTs in coconut oil are converted into ketones, which act as high-potency fuel for the brain. The ketone MCTs provide energy to the brain and stimulate healing and repair, he said. The chemical structure of the MCTs and fatty acids in coconut oil enable them to pass through the blood-brain barrier, which ordinary food or oil cannot break into, he said.

Revived coco industry


Fife credits his visits to the Philippines as triggering his pursuit of coconut research. He said his first visit in 2004 was an eye opener for him. He was amazed at the warm reception he got from his Philippine audience. “They were thanking me for reviving the coconut industry,” he said.

It was the economic implications for the people that have spurred Fife to continue his research into the health benefits of this tropical food endemic to the country, so much so that the American health community has dubbed him “Dr. Coconut.”

Fife has established a nonprofit organization, Coconut Research Center, to educate the public on the health and nutritional aspects of coconut. He has documented his researches in two books, “Coconut Cures”

(2005) and “Coconut Water” which he has made available online in www.coconutresearchcenter.org.

The author has been active in the coconut industry for 35 years, and is a Director of the Philippine Coconut Authority governing board. (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net)

THAI COCONUT OIL MANUFACTURER RIDES RESURGENCE AMONG HEALTHCONSCIOUS TO STRONG EXPORTS

Mistaken as an unhealthy oil for several decades, coconut oil has fought its way back into the hearts of health-conscious consumers as a nutritious food. The price of coconuts has risen from only a few baht each many years ago to a high of 27 baht per nut earlier this year, as a pest outbreak greatly diminished output.

No business is happier than Tropicana Oil Co, a producer of virgin coconut oil and the winner of this year's Prime Minister's Export Award under the OTOP Export Recognition category.

The company started its cold-pressed 100% coconut oil seven years ago by distributing through health-food shops. The market was small in the beginning but output has skyrocketed to 10,000 litres a month once consumers learned more about the properties of the product.

Tropicana Oil anticipates 60 million baht in sales this year from retailing its oil at 550 baht a litre along with several healthcare products using coconut oil as their main ingredient. The company targets 30% growth next year through expansion in both domestic and overseas markets.

Mr. Suradej Ninek, the Company's Managing Director, recalled that the road to success was a bumpy one as it took consumers a while to learn about the benefits of virgin coconut oil. The production process of many coconut oil crushers a decade ago was not well developed, casting doubt on quality. The first group to latch on to Tropicana Oil's product were health-conscious people over 45 who are educated and have purchasing power. Now a younger market is paying attention to coconut oil for beauty care.


Around 70% of sales are from the domestic market, where half consume it and the other half use it for beauty products. He noted the quality of the company's oil offers an advantage over other producers in Asia-Pacific and it will continue to focus on Russia, China and Japan where it has already established distribution networks. However, it will also expand more in Asean, particularly in Vietnam, in order to reap the benefits of the planned single market.

Tropicana Oil invested in getting its factory in Nakhon Pathom certified to meet Good Manufacturing Practice and HACCP standards. It also aims to achieve ISO 22000 guidelines next year.

"Word of mouth helped us survive in the beginning," said the native of the Tapi River Basin in Surat Thani province where coconut has been grown for centuries. Mr. Suradej is convinced coconuts from his hometown are of better quality than other parts of the country due to the fertile soil and brackish water there, so the company is willing to pay to transport about 100,000 coconuts a month from more than 100 planters on 1,000 rai of plantation. "Luckily transport costs are low as trucks that deliver goods to Southern provinces would return empty otherwise, so we get a reduced rate," he said.

Tropicana Oil also sells coconut byproducts, particularly shell that is used in the production of mosquito coils and powdered carbon. The price of coconuts has risen from only a few baht each many years ago to a high of 27 baht earlier this year, as a pest outbreak greatly diminished output. Coconuts are now 16-19 baht each, but may reach 25 baht if some traders stock coconut to manipulate its price.

"A whole coconut can be kept for 45 days after harvest, providing plenty of time to bet on the price," said Mr. Suradej. Mr. Suradej believes that R&D is the key to success in this field, leading his company tosign a 20-year Memorandum of Understanding to help fund students at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Silpakorn University to research how to add value to coconut oil, especially as an ingredient in beauty care and pharmaceuticals.

The Company also works with Rajabhat Nakhon Pathom to hold packaging contests to find the most suitable container for its products. (http://www.bangkokpost.com)

Common Problems when buying VCO from Community

The most common problem encountered when buying VCO from the community is, rancidity and high water content. Rancidity is a sign that the VCO has been damaged, the organoleptic not feel fresh. VCO damage from rancidity  is free radicals or free fatty acids that would be bad for the body's metabolism. Long contact between oil and water at the manufacturing process  also accelerate the oil rancidity. Bad packaging also resulted in these rancidity.

While high water content  will make the VCO looks cloudy, visible layer at the bottom of the pack and will accelerate the destruction of oil through the hydrolysis reaction. This high water content caused by phase separation of oil and water are not good, so much water from ending up on oil.

Only fresh VCO  is consumable and good for the health effect. Be careful to get good quality VCO. Select only VCO that has used modern technology to manufacture.

Modernization of VCO Industry in Indonesia

Organic VCO Plant

As the owner of the world's largest coconut plantation with coconut production number 2 after the Philippine, Indonesia needs to modernize its VCO Industry. While there are still many rural VCO is made by traditional tools and modern industry has not applied, then the steps to get there need to be initiated. Some common problems encountered in VCO production scale home industries are:
1.    Hygiene process. The use of simple tools and supporting materials such as water quality uncontrolled make good hygiene is difficult to achieve. In addition, the selection of such an unhealthy place close to the corral hygiene contributed to aspects of the production process VCO. The use of sterile water will greatly affect the hygiene of VCO.

2.    High water content contained in VCO products. High water content in oil can be easily damaged VCO made by hydrolysis.

3.    Production Capacity. To pursue the capacity of medium-and large-scale production of the continuity of raw materials and production unit in the form of adequate plant needs to be put in such a way. Upstream sector of the internsif coconut cultivation should be encouraged.

4.    Organic certification. Although he was almost certain that pure coconut trees in Indonesia as organic since there is no additional chemical fertilizers and other inorganic chemicals, but official certification is required. This is for the benefit of trust with business partners and the price of the VCO itself.

5.    Integrated industry. Coconut as a plant believed to all parts of life that can be exploited, so that the necessary efforts to increase the value added by making use of everything. Coconut water is used as raw materials nata de coco and recent research that the water from poor phase coconut oil can also be used for the manufacture of nata de coco, this means no water being dumped in the manufacture of VCO. Waste for animal feed and blondo for the biscuit.

Coconut shell is made charcoal or biochar by pyrolysis process  thus be further processed into briquettes and activated charcoal. Modern technology of this now available, with  continuous pyrolysis technology capacities from 20 tons / day - 200 tons / day of INPUT. For more information please visit at cmc-indo.blogspot.com

Coconut fiber (coco fiber) can be used as raw material for the manufacture of car seats and spring bed  because of a good fiber quality. The market is still very open, so there is no reason to ignore it. Waste production of coconut fiber that is coco dust  also can be made charcoal with continous pyrolysis technology  for making briquette (renewable energy application) , and with the excess heat used to dry the coco fiber at the process.

Let’s do it!

HEALTH OILS FROM THE TREE OF LIFE (NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH ASPECTS OF COCONUT OIL) adapted from Jon J. Kabara, Ph.D*

Coconut Tree

Coconut and palm tree has a long history of providing man with useful materials for his daily life. None is more important than the oils obtained from these coconut and palm nut. Coconut and palm kernel oils were recognized as health oils in Ayurvedic medicine almost 4000 years ago.


The same health effects were also found in Sanskrit medicine for mother’s milk. Mention was made that freshly expressed human milk was adopted as an "antibiotic" after eye surgery. Modern research has now found a common link between these two natural health products----their fat or lipid content.


For over thirty years Kabara's lipid laboratory has pioneered finding relationships between natural and synthetic lipids and their biological activity. Kabara indicated that the fatty acids and monoglycerides found in these two natural products had extraordinary antimicrobial properties.


Over a period of 30 years his teams screened other lipids hoping too improve on nature. During this period they screened some 300 lipids and other structures for antimicrobial activity.


His team failed and so Kabara returned to nature for clues. The medium chain fatty acids and monoglycerides found primarily in these two

Monolaurin

tropical oils and mothers milk have miraculous healing power. It is rare in thehistory of medicine to find substances that have such useful properties and still be without toxicity or even harmful side effects.


*Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University and Consultant to Private Industries,Universities and Government Agencies, Galena, Illinois, USA

How VCO control your body weight ? by Eko SB Setyawan

Virgin coconut oil known as oil that capable to slim body so that tend to to be liked by girls comprehending its benefit. Oil benefit which come from coconut fruit broader more than slim the body. Please read what is VCO? ( previous article), to know more benefit of VCO.

VCO content of high lauric acid ( until 53%), a saturated fat enchained ( with its carbon 12) which is ordinary to be referred as medium chain fatty acid alias MCFA. One kind of food which can improve metabolism even more than protein is virgin coconut oil. MCFA change metabolism to higher level, burning more calorie. This happened each time when eat MCFA, because MCFA improve number of metabolic, they represent fat which in fact can lose body weight. Fat losing body weight non adding it represent one very foreign concept, but that's really happened.
Saturated fat contain in virgin coconut oil useful to control body weight. Obesity have become to the health problem United States society, with 55 % of its people experience of the body overweight problem.

Obesity, heart disease, and osteoporosis is situations which result from lower body metabolism. To yield energi of carbohydrate, required insulin so that glucose can come into cell.

Many people have problem of insulin production when them become old so that its body find difficulties to obtain energy from carbohydrate. Glucose which do not or not yet been exploited for energy turned into triglyceride and circularized to entire body.

Trigliceride and lipoprotein have to penetrate cell wall so that can be used to become energy, and both also require enzyme to be able to penetrate membrane of mitokondria in cell, place of energy yielded.

But, MCFA have the unique, that is that it does not require enzyme to penetrate wall of mitokondria so that can yield energy swiftly and efficient. That is why there are people tell, consuming MCFA look like by fueling vehicle with high octan.
Because of easy MCFA permeated into cell then into mitokondria, metabolism even also mount. Addition of energy yielded by that metabolism yield stimulation effect in all our body.

Beside improve our energy level, there is other benefit along with make-up of that metabolism for example, make-up of endurance to disease and acceleration of disease healing. With make-up of metabolism, our cells work more efficient. They form new cells and also change damage cells faster Japanese Researcher, T Fushiki and K Matsumoto report that with consuming virgin coconut oil, body not only having bigger energy, but also have longer endurance.

In its usage virgin coconut can consume directly, or for cooking. With chemical structure which do not contain double bond, this oil have the character of to hold up to heat, light, oxygen, and hold up to degradation process. With nature of that, virgin coconut oil can be kept easily room temperature during through years.
VCO with Nutrition Value in one tablespoon (in 14 gr Oil) Contents of :
1 Calory 125 Kcal
2 Saturated Fat 12,5 gr
3 Polyunsaturated Fat 1 gr
4 Monounsaturated Fat 0,5 gr
Oil Composition :
1 Caprylic Acid 8,86%
2 Myristic Acid 19,97%
3 Capric Acid 6,17%
4 Palmitic Acid 7,84%
5 Lauric Acid 50,83%
6 Stearic Acid 3,06%

As biggest archipelagic country, Indonesia is the biggest coconut plantation ( Cocos Nucifera ) in the world with 3.712 million hectares width, what almost entirely is people plantation and represent income generator about two and a half million farmer families.

Author : Eko SB Setyawan, eko.sb.setyawan@gmail.com

What is VCO? By Eko SB Setyawan

VCO is now getting global reputation as the healthiest and versatile oil in the world. Indonesia is one of the best sources of virgin coconut oil and it''s popularity in the country is legendary. Virgin Coconut Oil can only be achieved by using fresh coconut meat or what is called non-copra. Chemicals and high heating are not used in further refining, since the natural, pure coconut oil is very stable with a shelf life of several years.

Virgin coconut oil and regular coconut oil is rich in Lauric Acid, an essential fatty acid that is only found in high concentrations in mother''s milk. When taken internally, Lauric Acid turns into a compound known as Monolaurin. It is this compound that is believed to fight viral pathogens that protects the body from bacteria, viruses and infections from parasites. Coconut oil also causes the metabolic rate to increase, hence helps reduce weight and is safe and beneficial for diabetics.

For many years, coconut oil has been discredited (specially in the west) because of it''s high saturated fat content. But recent studies have shown that not all saturated fats are the same. The medium chain triglycerides of which virgin coconut oil is classified, does not elevate LDL (the bad cholesterol) in our body compared to other polyunsaturated vegetable oils such as canola and sunflower oil which is widely produced in the west.

How made VCO
There are currently two main processes of manufacturing Virgin Coconut Oil:
1. Quick drying of fresh coconut meat which is then used to press out the oil. Using this method, the coconut meat is quick dried, and the oil is then pressed out via mechanical means.
2. Wet-milling. With this method the oil is extracted from fresh coconut meat without drying first. "Coconut milk" is expressed first by pressing. The oil is then further separated from the water. Methods which can be used to separate the oil from the water include boiling, fermentation, refrigeration, enzymes and mechanical centrifuge.

Difference between Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) and Regular (RBD) Coconut Oil
RBD stands for Refined, Bleached, and Deodorized. Ordinary coconut oil usually comes from copra - coconut meat that is dried by either smoke, kiln or placing under the sun. Because the process itself is not sanitized, the oil must be further refined. To get more oil from copra, chemicals are usually used. RBD process is required to make the oil clear, odor free and tasteless. This procedure also removes the anti-oxidant and other properties of the oil. Some coconut oils are also hydrogenated which increases the serum cholesterol levels and thus is bad for the heart. While virgin coconut oil, being pure, unadulterated and unhydrogenated retains it''s pleasant coconut taste, smell and all the health benefits of coconut oil. So,one of the main differences between Virgin Coconut oil and refined coconut oils is the scent and taste. All Virgin Coconut Oils retain the fresh scent and taste of coconuts, whereas the copra-based refined coconut oils have a bland taste due to the refining process. Some grades of refined copra-based oils are also now sold that have a coconut flavor, but are usually bitter and have a burnt taste to it. They are a form of "crude coconut oil" that has not undergone all of the deodorizing process, and they have a shorter shelf-life.

Benefits of VCO
● A boost to the body''s immune system
● A good source of saturated medium chain triglycerides
● VCO helps regulate blood sugar
● Lowers the viral load of AIDS patients.
● Has anti-viral & anti-microbial properties
● Helps hepatitis C, herpes patients
● Helps maintain healthy thyroid function
● Maintain LDL & HDL cholesterol levels
● Heals & nourishes the skin, hair & scalp

Author : Eko SB Setyawan, eko.sb.setyawan@gmail.com

Virgin Coconut Oil for Best Food Supplement By Eko SB Setyawan

Indonesia is state broadly plantation of coconut of nomer one in world. Coconut benefit for health in fact have been recognized by society since ahead. General issue in Indonesia in this time is technology processing of coconut mostly still traditional so that only can as local commodity, non international trade. Many experts in Indonesia which have introduced various technology processing of coconut in Indonesia, but because by most society still is costly, so that they tend to to sell intact coconut without processing. Though many commodities from coconut have good market in international market, one of them virgin coconut oil or of VCO. Even though there are some entrepreneurs which have can make VCO with quality of goodness by following existing process standard.

Pamour coconut oil have time to be gloomy after west media report on immeasurable lacking of coconut oil one of them because fatty acid content of high saturated fat enough. Finally they suggest to consume vegetable oil, palm oil, or corn oil. From various research is nowadays known by this is trade politics which do not fair.

Fact prove, United States where its resident consuming many vegetable oil, number occurence of high heart sickness enough. Its meaning, opinion that vegetable oil more is peaceful compared to palm oil start to be questioned .

Meanwhile research into conducted by Weston A Price expert dr of nutrition of United States show coconut oil consumption do not at moment's notice result heart sickness. Research done in island of Pukapuka, New Zealand find that very low heart sickness case there, though most its resident consume coconut oil in number very big, around 60% from totalizeing consumed calorie.
Various Benefit of VCO

In fact, research of circumstantial klinis about benefit of VCO not yet too much, so that medically benefit of VCO not yet can be justified. Nevertheless there is expert feeling benefit of VCO this for the food of supplement so that improve body endurance from various disease.
VCO has fatty acid content of high lauric. Lauric acid represent saturated fatty acid related to or referred as also with medium of chain fatty acid ( MCFA). Fatty acid of this fat is very easy permeated by body, do not be piled up first as fat like fatty acid related to length.
Some erudite research find immeasurablely of benefit of VCO to health and medication of disease. VCO believed can overcome immeasurablely of health problem, like disease of digestive channel and disease of degeneratif. According to international standard, VCO will give its if in this virgin coconut oil consist in lauric acid minimum counted 25%. Field fact, obstetrical of lauric acid produced in Indonesia most of all residing in at range above 40%.
With its content of medium chain fatty acid (MCFA), VCO also have ability prevent some the following disease type:
1. Killing various virus causing mononucleosis , influenza, hepatitis, and herpes
2. Killing various bacterium type cause of disease of pneumonia, earache, holey tooth, poisoned of food, ureter infection, and meningitis.
3. Killing yeast and mushroom which can cause candia disease, jock itch, athetes foot and rash because sweat
4. Assisting to assuage symptoms and lessen attributed to health risk of melitus diabetes
5. Lessening related to trouble of digestive difficulty symptom and cystic fibrosis
6. Assisting to protect body of attack of osteoporosis
7. Assuaging attributed to symptom of chorn's disease, ulcerative colitis and peptic ulcer
8. Assisting to protect body of bosom cancer attack and colon cancer
9. Degrading hypertension cholesterol rate.
10. Assisting in prevention of ill heart attack, stroke and atherosclerosis.
11. Protecting body of dangerous free radical which improve disease of degeneratif.
12. Assisting to prevent hypertension.
13. Assuaging symptom benign prostatic hyperplasia
14. Assisting to prevent disease of lever.
15. Assisting to prevent disease of lever.

Result of research dr Condrado Dayrit from Philippine indicate that lauric acid and capic acid which consist in in VCO can kill virus. In body, lauric acid turned into monolaurin while capric acid turn into monocaprin. This compound is including compound of monogliserida having the character of as antivirus, antibakteri, and antibiotic of antiprotozoa. This Monocaprin which used by suplemen have brand of Capricidin to fight virus of HIV.

Various information about benefit of VCO have reveal new expectation about matter which can be useful for the health of human being. Nevertheless till now still not yet been known surely mechanism constitutoing various benefit of VCO. Its Meaning, need advanced research about benefit of VCO before ensured that this compound is true be of benefit to health. So far research of benefit of VCO to medication of new disease only research early and is untested of klinis. Its benefit newly limited to improving body stamina, loo like functional food suplemen and not yet been categorized as drug. Producer claim expressing VCO can heal immeasurablely of disease in fact tend to to mislead. More than anything else for the patient of certain disease like diabetes. All patient of diabetes better take counsel with doctor before consuming VCO.

Process of VCO to Yield Foodgrade Organic VCO

There are some process of VCO which have been publicized. All owning insuffiency and benefit of process.VCO can applicate to the food product hence reference which we can hold that process use hygienic and does not destroy the content of VCO. About standard, we relate at standard which have been made by Asian Pasific Coconut Community ( APCC) and of Philiphine National Standards ( PNS) with code of PNS /BAFPS no. 22:2004. Both these organisation have made standard of VCO quality of VCO, inspected from product and also its process.

According to Asian Pasific Coconut Community ( APCC), process of VCO does not pay attention process with warm-up or not. All important matter that is VCO yielded from fresh coconut and have matured and also result of oil obtained does not change. Thereby, yielded coconut oil by traditional and high rise warm-up still can category as VCO. But Philiphine National Standards ( PNS), giving more detail standard again, among others VCO do not be yielded through chemical process of refining, deodorizing, and bleaching ( RDB). Basically VCO does not be rancid easy to because of high fatty acid its content so that oxidation process does not easy happened. But, with low quality VCO, rancidity process will walks earlierly. This matter because of influence of oxygen, water rate, and microbe to decompose fatty acid content residing in in VCO and become other component.

Physically, the color of VCO has to be clear, like crystal. This matter designate that VCO does not mixed by other dirt materials. If VCO has high water content, usually there will be white sediment or Iump. Existence of this water will quicken process of rancidity. Besides, that sediment or Iump represent blondo which does not be filtered altogether. Contamination like that will have an effect on to VCO quality.
Indonesia is country of coconut, because representing state broadly coconut plantation numer one in the world. Coconut raw material of course very abundant here, but for the making of VCO only used old matured coconut.The reason is more oil can be obtained, including high lauric acid content.Quality factor have to be paid attention, general issue about quality factor of VCO is the existence of high water content of product of VCO. Oil which more aqueous will hydrolysis and easy rancid so that improper to consume. For consumer of VCO like you is important to pay attention of this problem .

One of the VCO process which popular enough in Indonesia is popularized by Dr. Bambang Setiadji from Chemistry Department, Mathematics and Natural Science Faculty, Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta. His method wet process and have some benefit for example : 1. Its clear colour of crystal because [do] not experience of process of refining, and bleaching of deodorizing 2. Medium chain fatty acid content and its antioxidant do not experience of denaturation so that its good as health food supplement While lacking this method is :1. Requiring VCO as feed in process making of VCO 2. yielded rendemen a little to be compared to the other way. If the other yield 1100 cc from 10 coconut item, but in this way only yielding 1000 cc VCO. While 100 cc remain followed in blondo.Process of with this method is started from get the fresh fruit of coconut kernel, then rasping. Added water to scar coconut and pressed so that yielded coconut milk.Coconut milk then hushed around one hour, and will apart become two part of between rich shares of oil called kanil or krim and the other part poor oil.The bottom part with poor oil content then separated and trown away. Kanil or krim the given by VCO which have become as starter with composition 1:3 volume, then swirled to flatten and hushed during 10 hour. Will seen three layers, top layer is VCO, then middle layer is blondo and the bottom is water.VCO later take as main product and blondo as side product.

Other method which also popular enough is dry process. Dry process is making of VCO without using water so the oil extraction done mechanically.Dry process have some benefit without water adeed, minimum water contain at the product, and quicker process time. Lacking of this process is required mechanic equiments which quite a lot and costly. At dry process of coconut kernel pared then grated, coconut rasp dried until water content about 5% then pressing in press hydraulic machine or expeller. At this process do not be yielded blondo as side product. In mass production when amount of blondo many and demand of this product is a little hence that thing become separate problem. The use of blondo is to biscuit or ripe flavour addition.
Most coconut plantation in Indonesia is people coconut plantation or more than 95% and in this time taken care with extensifikation and seldom use inorganic manure like Urea, TSP, KCl etc. Coconut crop in Indonesia is organic coconut, only not yet been conducted sertification by professional. Tree coconut sertfication and process by independent institute, and so that by got organic sertification will increase price of coconut product.

Author : Eko SB Setyawan, eko.sb.setyawan@gmail.com