Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO)
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Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO)
Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) is oil obtained from dried coconut flesh or from the coconut milk juice. VCO can be obtained from fresh coconut flesh or from copra. The process for making VCO oil from fresh coconut flesh is known as the wet process,because in this process water is added to extract the oil. Meanwhile, the manufacture of VCO oil with copra as raw material is known as the dry process. The oil content in old coconut pulp is estimated at 30% -35%, or the oil content in copra reaches 63-72%. Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) oil is widely used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, formula milk, and high quality cooking oil…