Thread: Where to buy coconut oil in Victoria?

Originally Posted by Jas0n

Thanks for all the input guys.

Fadi, thank you for the thorough information.

A quick question regarding the coconut oil if I may, Fadi:

Apart from destroying the inherent antioxdiant properties of the oil, if you are on a budget, would certified organic RBD coconut oil still provide some of the benefits such as speeding the metabolism etc, or is it a case of virgin coconut olive oil or nothing at all?


Thank you in advance :)

Sorry Jason, I don't understand your question. I don't know what "RBD" stands for and then you say

or is it a case of virgin coconut olive oil or nothing at all?

Virgin coconut olive oil or... I didn't get that. I'm sorry Jason, you know me by now, if I'm not 100% sure about something, I ask; so I'm asking you to clarify your request for me please Sir. Thank you.


Fadi.

Originally Posted by Fadi

Sorry Jason, I don't understand your question. I don't know what "RBD" stands for and then you say Virgin coconut olive oil or... I didn't get that. I'm sorry Jason, you know me by now, if I'm not 100% sure about something, I ask; so I'm asking you to clarify your request for me please Sir. Thank you.


Fadi.

No worries, sorry for the confusion.

RBD is a refining process which stands for refined, bleached, and deodorized. It is used as the input for RBD coconut oil is dried coconut kernels which by themselves aren't suitable for consumption. I understand that both the refining process and the use of dried kernels as opposed to fresh, mature coconuts as in the case of virgin coconut oil makes the RBD quite inferior. What I am asking, I guess, is whether some of the major known benefits (regarding weight control) are attributed to the oil's structre? (since both oils contain similar MCFA concentrations)

Thank you :)

Originally Posted by Jas0n

No worries, sorry for the confusion.

RBD is a refining process which stands for refined, bleached, and deodorized. It is used as the input for RBD coconut oil is dried coconut kernels which by themselves aren't suitable for consumption. I understand that both the refining process and the use of dried kernels as opposed to fresh, mature coconuts as in the case of virgin coconut oil makes the RBD quite inferior. What I am asking, I guess, is whether some of the major known benefits (regarding weight control) are attributed to the oil's structre? (since both oils contain similar MCFA concentrations)

Thank you :)

If the oil strucure is damaged in any way shape or form, then obviously you would not just not get its benefits, but it would be in fact bad for your health Jason. Stick with best like the one I've got and if you have a problem in getting it, please PM me and we'll go from there. I will not have you comprimise here brother; this is your health (and physique) we're discussing here!


Fadi.

I found this article on wiki that states the "smoking point" of cooking oils:
Smoke point - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to this, there is very little difference between the smoking point of coconut oil and most other cooking oils...

From what I've heard it's more to do with the chemical changes that occur when an oil is heated as versus its smoking point, i.e. unsaturated fats in general are less stable than saturated fats (coconut oil).

To add a link to the list, I get mine from the Melbourne Food Ingredient Depo: http://www.mfcd.net/store/product.asp?pID=716&cID=34

They also have a 18Kg version if you consume alot.

Originally Posted by Arc

From what I've heard it's more to do with the chemical changes that occur when an oil is heated as versus its smoking point, i.e. unsaturated fats in general are less stable than saturated fats (coconut oil).

That's exactly right. Polyunsaturated oils, being unsaturated, are prone to many chemical changes such as double bond shifting and fragmentation which are A LOT worse than the infamous trans fats (which themselves aren't produced in very high amounts to begin with) or any nutritional degradation.

Originally Posted by Arc

From what I've heard it's more to do with the chemical changes that occur when an oil is heated as versus its smoking point, i.e. unsaturated fats in general are less stable than saturated fats (coconut oil).

To add a link to the list, I get mine from the Melbourne Food Ingredient Depo: http://www.mfcd.net/store/product.asp?pID=716&cID=34

They also have a 18Kg version if you consume alot.

Can you please tell me what that one tastes like? The last lot I bought were from ebay and they had a burnt type of taste that I didn't really like. Another thing I am concerned about is buying oils in plastic containers as any type of fat or acid will draw out chemicals from the plastic, if water in plastic bottles are bad then fats and acids must be worse?.

mine comes in plastic and taste ok taste like oil (eg olive) but with a coconutty type taste to it

Originally Posted by Arc

From what I've heard it's more to do with the chemical changes that occur when an oil is heated as versus its smoking point, i.e. unsaturated fats in general are less stable than saturated fats (coconut oil)

Thanks Arc.

Originally Posted by Sheree

Can you please tell me what that one tastes like? The last lot I bought were from ebay and they had a burnt type of taste that I didn't really like. Another thing I am concerned about is buying oils in plastic containers as any type of fat or acid will draw out chemicals from the plastic, if water in plastic bottles are bad then fats and acids must be worse?.

Sheree, regarding the taste, often when you encounter a burnt, or strong taste, it is often that they either use copra (dried coconut kernels which nowhere near as good as fresh, mature coconuts), or a refined products with artificial contaminants added to achieve the taste (again, nowhere near as good as the virgin product).

This is the one I used: Virgin Coconut Oil - Organic Fiji Grown - Nature Pacific Was not very nice, I only use it in cooking when I can hide it.

Originally Posted by Sheree

This is the one I used: Virgin Coconut Oil - Organic Fiji Grown - Nature Pacific Was not very nice, I only use it in cooking when I can hide it.

Thats the one i use and it's fine for me no burnt taste at all, i cook with it used to put it in my shakes, chuck some on top of pasta maybe your burning it or got a bad batch or i've got no sense of taste.

No the burnt taste is straight out of the jar, I bought 3 of them at the time and they were all the same. That's ok I should probably buy them in glass jars anyway.