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Crede Odourless Coconut Oil

Crede’s Odourless Coconut Oil is ideal for use in baking, frying, desserts, smoothies and shakes, without any lingering coconut flavour. It is a natural spread for use in place of margarine or butter.

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Product Information:
Odourless (refined) coconut oil is pressed from dried coconut meat (copra) and is almost always refined before human consumption. During the process of refining, much of the original coconut taste is removed, along with some of the micronutrients. Because copra is a cheaper raw material, refined coconut oil is also typically a lot less expensive than virgin coconut oil. Crede’s odourless coconut oil has been refined entirely without the use of chemicals. The crude oil is filtered, then bleached using bleaching clay (which is filtered out) and then steam-treated to remove any further impurities (this process removes the coconut smell as well).

Coconut oil is pressed from the white meat of the coconut. Coconut oil is rich in saturated fatty acids, especially lauric acid (about 50%) and myristic acid (about 20%). These fatty acids are so-called ‘medium-chain triglycerides’ (MCTs) because they are shorter molecules than the saturated fats commonly found in vegetable oils and animal fats (e.g. palmitic and stearic acid). This also explains why coconut oil has a far better health profile than its high content of saturated fats would suggest. Coconut Oil is a natural source of energy and is suitable for diabetics.

Coconut Oil has a range of uses and benefits:
Cooking – Coconut oil is primarily a great cooking oil because of its stability at high temperatures. The advantage of coconut oil is that it consists mostly of (healthy) saturated fats, which are more stable at high temperatures than mono- and poly-unsaturated fats. This makes frying with coconut oil a safer option.
Cholesterol – Coconut oil raises both HDL and LDL cholesterol levels, but the increase in the ‘good’ HDL cholesterol far outweighs the increase in ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol.
Weight loss – Research suggests that using coconut oil instead of regular vegetable oils can help in weight loss programs. One study showed that women using coconut oil had a reduction in abdominal fat whereas women using regular vegetable oil did not. The theory is that MCTs (like lauric acid) are more easily digested and burned quickly for energy than long-chain fatty acids, thus raising metabolism and aiding weight loss. Coconut oil is therefore used by many athletes as a high-energy source in their training programs.
Dementia – There is emerging evidence that MCTs can soften the impact of dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. We provide the relevant studies and articles here and here for your reference, though we believe it may be too early to draw firm conclusions from this research, and we do not advocate the use of coconut oil in treating either of these conditions.

Directions:
To melt oil, place jar in warm water.

Storage:
Does not require refrigeration. Store in a cool, dry place. Use within 1 year of opening.

Fatty Acid Composition:
Lauric 44.7%
Myristic 15.8%
Palmitic 9.0%
Caprylic 8.7%

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