How To Make Your Own Cold Pressed Virgin Coconut Oil
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Virgin Coconut Oil can be produced by two common methods:
1. Heated (Hot Methods) processes.
2. Non-Heated (Cold Methods) processes.
Hot methods apply extreme pressure or high heat to extract the oil from the nut. Cold methods obtain oil without applying heat or pressing the coconut meat mechanically, hence the more common term “cold pressed”. While many Virgin Coconut Oil found in the market claim to be cold pressed, the oil you buy may have been heated after extraction to hasten the lowering of the moisture (water) content.
How To Make Your Own Cold Pressed Virgin Coconut Oil
- Select only fresh and mature quality coconuts.
- Split coconuts and collect coconut water.
- Grate coconuts and collect coconut meat.
- Bag the coconut meat. Use white nylon mesh bag.
- Place bag in a Cold Press machine. At home, you can hand press using gloves. Collect coconut milk.
- Soak the pressed bag in coconut water and press for a second time. Collect more coconut milk.
- Allow the coconut milk to settle undisturbed in a cabinet at 32degC for 10-17 hours. Coconut oil will naturally separate from water and proteins.
- Carefully collect and filter the oil and avoid mixing with the bottom water layer. The oil is colorless.
While virgin coconut oil has been documented to help alleviate, ease, protect against and even cure many ailments, it is still vital that the individual maintain a healthy lifestyle, exercise regularly, eat a balance diet of the right kind of food, and drink lots of water.
Some of the 200+ known medical uses
Skin (mosquito/insect bites, itching, rashes, cuts, bruises, scratches, acne, sun-burn, burns, blisters, wrinkles, warts, moles, fungus, skin cancer, pre-cancerous lesions, eczema, stretch marks, massage).
Hair (dandruff, scalp care, hair growth, lice infestations).
Mouth (cracked lips, gum disease, dental cavities, toothaches, mouthwash, throat infections, sore throat).
Thyroid Function (overweight, cold hands/feet, fatigue, migraines, PMS, irritability, fluid retention/swelling, anxiety/panic attacks, depression, memory, concentration, low sex drive, low body temperature, constipation, insomnia, itchiness, food sensitivities, brittle nails, bruise easily, heat/cold intolerance, hypoglycemia, frequent/persistent colds, UTI, yeast infections, immunity, joint pains, poor coordination, irregular menstrual periods).
Bacteria (ear, throat, sinus, genital infections, UTI, pneumonia, rheumatic fever, dental cavities and gum disease, food poisoning, toxic shock syndrome, meningitis, gonorrhea, gastric ulcers, parrot fever, septicemia, endocarditis, enterocolitis, E.coli, staphylococcus, strephtococci, strephtococcus).
Virus (influenza, measles, herpes, mononucleosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, hepatitis C, AIDS, SARS) Fungus (ringworm, athlete’s foot, jock itch, candidiasis, diaper rash, thrush, toenail fungus). Parasites (giardiasis, tapeworms, pinworms).
Cancer (colon, breast, skin, liver, inhibit tumor growth).
Others: Asthma, diabetes, psoriasis, artherosclerosis, hypertension, Alzheimer’s, Sjogren syndrome, Crohn’s, headaches, colds, aches and pains, fever, flu, bronchitis, colitis, cysts, dysentery, dysmenorrhea, hemorroids, cough, dropsy, kidney stones, jaundice, scabies, scurvy, syphilis, hematemesis, hemoptysis, phthisis, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, stomach ulcers, Parkinson’s, prostate, gallbladder, malnutrition, maintain intestinal health, normalize body functions, reduce body weight by boosting metabolism.
It can boost the immune system. It can lower cholesterol, but may also raise cholesterol when too low for the body’s needs.
sources: The Truth about Coconut Oil by Dr. Conrado S Dayrit, MD, The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil by Dr. Bruce Fife, MD, Coconut Cures by Dr. Bruce Fife, MD, amazingfoodscorp.com, photo from africanbraids.biz, air-water-nutrition-healthsmart.com
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Thanks for this info. Very informative. I’d also visit http://www.AmazingFoodsCorp.com website with a process flow on how to make VCO.
Have you also experience that different process of producing VCO produce oil with different taste? I tried boiling the extracted coconut milk and the oil produced doesnt taste good compared to Cold Processed (steps above).
I also tried the commercial branch of AmazingFoods and its good. There must be something with mass producing it or the machine used?
pwede po bang malaman kung papaano ang technique ng paggawa nang maramihan na vco. Nakakagawa po ako kapag pakunti kunti lang pero pag maramihan hindi na. Ano po ng dpat kung gawin.
@brian javier, kelangan mo na siguro ng mas malaking machine para makagawa ka ng maramihan. check mo ang list of vco producers na ito at inquire ka sa machines na ginagamit nila:
http://www.filipinolinks.com/Agriculture/Coconut_Products/Virgin_Coconut_Oil/index.html
i would like to make my own vco,where can i buy transparent plastic bottles and cold compress machine? i’ve learned a lot of information from you ,thank you very much.
I have been trying to do a cold press virgin coconut oil for the last 4 years unsuccessfully. First. I mechanically express the milk from the coconut. If I leave it for 12 to 17 hours undisturbed, I do not see the oil,. or I see a bit of oil underneath the cream.. Could it be because if I grate it is different from the mechanical exprel of the juice. The best receipe i have heard of is to freeze the milk but for me it does not work. How do you remove the oil under the cream. The oil is between the water and the cream and if you try to tilt it , it will mix up. please e mail me at doe44@aol.com
Also I have tried to dry the coconut then I mechanically expressed the oil, is this also considered cold press.?? Please help
thanks for this info sir leo. i’ll try this at home.
@sunita nair & jaya nair: my virus scanner alerted me when i tried to open that site (excelcombine.com). it has a Trojan virus.
Thanks for your info i have been using MeritVCO virgin coconut oil from http://www.excelcombine.com
I thank you all very much for sharing this information
Very valuable information.
would you please help me in giving me some ideas on how to make vco more perfect in reaching world standard.
thanks for sharing this infoi!
I have been using MeritVCO virgin coconut oil from http://www.excelcombine.com they also use the same process technology.
Very informative , well done.
i like this resipee
I want get cold press machine, please help me
Does anyone have a link to a “Cold Press machine”??
WOW! this is what I looking for a very very long time! thank you! :D
Dear Marie
Last night i tired to produce VCO, buying 10 grated coconut that i hand press in the coconut water. You can read my experience above. I wonder if the manufacturer have secret to produce more VCO and extract without disturbing the layer for example collecting from bottom. The logic way is to remove the water slowly then collect the oil. I despretely try as i want the VCO as fresh to treat my daughter’s severe eczema and my son’s asthma. My daughter’s condition improve a lot after she took coconut oil (hot method).