Benefits of Organic Cold Pressed Coconut Oil

Pure coconut oil should have a distinctive fragrance and taste and does not require any bleaching, refining or deodorising. Many oils in the market are produced from Copra, and this process strips away the natural benefits found in this oil. So oil produced from Copra and Virgin Coconut oil produced from the coconut flesh are two very different products.Fushi's organic virgin oil is sourced from the oil project in Samoa, which is run by a not-for-profit women's foundation- a unique venture aimed at rebuilding economic independence of individual villages. By locating the production of the oil within the villages, the returns to the villages and to the individual family groups, are greatly increased by comparison to the more highly industrialised process based on copra. Whole families get involved in collecting the nuts which are then cracked open and the flesh extracted by hand. This naked flesh is then dried carefully before being passed onto a hand operated hydraulic press to produce virgin oil. This production process is quick and the oil is produced within one hour of cracking the coconut and this locks in the aroma 'volatiles' giving the oil its unique coconut aroma and flavour.

Virgin Oil is one of the best conditioners for hair. The health benefits of oil include hair care, skin care, stress coconut oil hair relief, maintaining cholesterol levels, weight loss, increased immunity, proper digestion and metabolism, high blood pressure and bone strength. These benefits of coconut oil can be attributed to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid, which possess properties such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal and antibacterial. It is considered one of the healthiest oil with both benefits for internal and external use.