There are two ways to produce unrefined coconut oil — through quick drying or
wet milling processes.
Not exact matches
This is a
wet -
milling process that is very low tech, and can be accomplished by small - scale producers.
Incredibly, several studies published in the past few years have completely corroborated our original tests with Professor Dia in the Philippines back in 2005, showing that traditional
wet -
milling processes that employ heat produce the highest levels of antioxidants.
The fermentation
wet -
milling process of producing coconut oil, which anyone could do in their own kitchen, was considered the «poor man's» coconut oil - the coconut oil their grandparents used to make before store - bought commercial coconut oils were available.
The «
wet -
milling»
process of producing virgin coconut oil, as explained above, extracts the coconut oil from a
wet emulsion, or «coconut milk».
According to several studies, the fermentation
wet -
milling process, which uses heat, produces the highest levels of antioxidants in virgin coconut oil.
So which
wet -
milling process produces the highest quality virgin coconut oil?
It is extracted from fresh coconut using a
wet -
milled fermentation
process that protects the beneficial properties of the coconut.
They will use their award to help purchase a new
wet mill which will
process coffee much more efficiently — a current day's production in two hours — using less water.
A stud [2] y published in 2011 in Sri Lanka also found that
wet -
milled traditionally - made coconut oils using heat in the
process produced higher levels of antioxidants.
Finally, it should be noted that while this study showed that virgin coconut oils using the
wet -
milling process had higher levels of antioxidants than refined coconut oils, that this in no way implicates refined coconut oil as unhealthy.
A study published in 2011 in Sri Lanka also found that
wet -
milled traditionally - made coconut oils using heat in the
process produced higher levels of antioxidants.
Refined coconut oils, or even other «virgin» coconut oils that are mass produced by machine and do not use the
wet -
milling process, are still very good oils, and far better than the polyunsaturated oils that are widely used, many of which are genetically modified (this would include canola oil!)
Coffee
mills have separate receiving stations for certified beans and run them through the
wet process in separate batches.
Independent laboratory analysis shows this to be one of the highest quality coconut oils on the market, having the highest levels of antioxidants using a
wet -
milling process.
The purity makes the capture
process cheaper than what is needed to capture CO2 from the burning of coal, which creates a much more complex stream of gases than a
wet corn
mill.
It is extracted from fresh coconut using a
wet -
milled fermentation
process that protects the beneficial properties of the coconut.
So which
wet -
milling process produces the highest quality virgin coconut oil?
The «
wet -
milling»
process of producing virgin coconut oil, as explained above, extracts the coconut oil from a
wet emulsion, or «coconut milk».
According to several studies, the fermentation
wet -
milling process, which uses heat, produces the highest levels of antioxidants in virgin coconut oil.
Virgin coconut oil derived through a «
wet -
milling»
process.
Unlike the more refined
processed types of virgin coconut oil current in the marketplace that are using
wet milling, fermentation or expeller press extraction which require additional heat and use centrifuge spinning (known as oil polishing which reaches high heat during
processing) to further clean and filter the oil.
The AAFCO definition of corn gluten meal is «The dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the
process employed in the
wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm.»
According to the Renewable Fuels Association (the US ethanol trade organization), there are two
processes for making ethanol:
wet milling and dry
milling.