How is Wilderness Family Naturals virgin coconut oil different from the other virgin coconut oils?
Our virgin coconut oils experience very little heat during processing. The centrifuged virgin coconut oil is exposed to maximum temperatures of 25 degrees C (about 78.8 degrees F) and the cold-pressed coconut oil is processed at about 98.6° F or 37° C. Neither oil is exposed to extremely “low” or high temperatures. Most coconut oils sold by other companies are made using processes that require heat. For example, other traditional fermentation coconut oil, claim they use “low heat”, when in reality they heat their coconut oil to 200° for 2 hours during their final processing step. Since a finger stuck in 200° water would suffer first degree burns, many people do not consider this low heat. Other coconut oils are made by drying coconut to create a standard desiccated coconut. Standard drying of coconut exposes the flakes to temperatures of 180° Fahrenheit for at least 20 minutes. Then the desiccated coconut is pressed with an expeller press. The pressure increases the temperature of the
