Nutiva Extra Virgin Coconut Oil 15 oz. Jar – Organic

• Certified organic and non-GMO
• Made from fresh coconuts, not dried copra
• Cold-processed under 104 degrees
• Expeller-pressed within two hours of chopping
• Unrefined
• Chemical-free
• Unfermented – Other brands utilize heat and fermentation, waiting more than 10 hours between chopping the coconut and pressing the oil, adversely affecting flavor.
• Unbleached
• Undeodorized
• Unhydrogenated
• Pure white like fresh coconut
• Tastes like fresh coconut
• Has a fresh coconut fragrance
• Product of the Philippines
• Traditional palms only – no hybrid varieties

Nutiva extra virgin coconut oil – 15 oz. jar.

How Nutiva extra virgin coconut oil is processed is the key to optimizing its taste, texture, color, and aroma. Within two hours of Nutiva coconuts being chopped, the oil is cold-pressed at below 104 degrees. Contrast this with 99% of the coconut oil used today in cooking and body care. First, the coconut is chopped and left to dry in the sun for days. Then the meat is scooped out and sent thousands of miles to giant oil mills where the oxidizing coco meat is refined, bleached, and/or deodorized. Ironically, this product is often labeled as “certified organic.”

There is no comparison between Nutiva raw, organic extra virgin coconut oil, with its light taste, pleasant aroma, and pure white color, and industrialized coconut oil, with its bland taste, faint aroma, and off-white color. Please note that any tiny brown specks found at the bottom of Nutiva extra virgin coconut oil are from the coconut fiber and are indigenous to extra virgin coconut oil.

Since the 1960s, coconut oil has been mistakenly described as unhealthy. The media reported on studies finding that tropical coconut oils were laden with artery-clogging fats. What went unreported was the fact that the coconut oil used in the studies was hydrogenated — not the virgin oil used for centuries as a staple food.

Nutiva extra virgin coconut oil is about 50 percent lauric acid, a rare medium-chain fatty acid found in mother’s milk that supports healthy metabolism and is now being studied for its anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial health-protecting properties. Overall, coconut oil contains 92% saturated fats, and only 1% Omega-6.

Nutiva extra virgin coconut oil Nutrition Facts

• Serving Size 1 Tbsp. (14g)
• Servings Per Container 30
• Calories 120
•   Calories from fat 120
• Total Fat 14g
•   Saturated Fat 12.5g
•   Polyunsaturated Fat .5g
•   Monounsaturated Fat 1g
•   Trans Fat 0g
• Cholesterol 0mg
• Sodium 0mg
• Total Carbohydrates 0g*
•   Dietary Fiber 0g
•   Sugars 0g
• Protein 0g

Ingredients: 100% raw organic extra-virgin coconut oil.

Certified as organically grown and processed by QAI. All coconuts are Non GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms).