Regular Retail: $7.99Other Ingredients: Organic Virgin Coconut Oil.
Contains no: sugar, salt, starch, yeast, wheat , gluten, corn, soy, milk, egg or preservatives.
Coconut Oil FAQ's
What is Organic Virgin Coconut Oil?
Fresh wild coconuts are harvested by hand and the coconut meat is quickly hot air dried to remove water to inhibit bacterial and mold activity. The coconut meat is then mechanically crushed and pressed without the use of excessive heat or solvents. This natural process retains the fresh aroma and taste of real coconut. The coconuts and the entire oil expression process have been certified as Organic by a 3rd party, USDA-approved certifying agency. This ensures the production of the highest quality Organic Virgin Coconut Oil. NOW® Organic Virgin Coconut Oil is Non-GE (non-GMO or non-genetically modified), with no harmful trans-fats.
Are all coconut oils alike?
Most commercial-grade coconut oils are made from coconut meat that has been dried by heating by the sun, with smoke or by high heat. The resulting product is called copra. Much of this copra is handled in a manner with poor sanitary controls, causing it to be more susceptible to mold and bacterial contamination. The copra is pressed and the oil is refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) in order to purify it and make it suitable for cosmetic or food use. Unlike our Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, these RBD refined copra oils do not have the fresh coconut taste or aroma, and do not qualify as ‘Organic’ under USDA standards.
What is so special about Virgin Coconut oil?
Virgin Coconut Oil is one of the richest plant sources of naturally-occurring Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT), such as caprylic, capric and lauric acids. Although these MCTs are considered saturated fats, they are not digested like longer chain saturated fats. MCTs are digested by saliva and gastric juices, and are absorbed directly from the intestines into the portal vein to the liver where much is burned as fuel for instant energy needs. Very little ever gets stored as fat. The longer-chain saturated fats require more energy just to digest them. They require pancreatic enzymes to break them down.
After being absorbed into the intestinal wall, they must be transported through the lymphatic system and incorporated into lipoprotein carriers, then secreted into the bloodstream and circulated throughout the body. Whatever the body doesn’t use at the cellular level is stored as body fat. It’s no wonder why a high<
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