small cooking oil coconut plant in uganda

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • What is coconut oil used for?
  • It is used for cooking, for cakes and pastries and also to make high quality soap. Coconut oil can be made from finely-ground fresh coconut meat using a traditional hot water flotation method (Section 4.3). The oil is produced in this traditional way in the Pacific islands and in West Africa.
  • How is coconut oil made?
  • To produce coconut oil, the fibrous husk is removed, the nut is then split and the white ‘meat’ is removed. It is either used fresh, or it is dried to make copra by sun-drying or using a simple copra kiln that is fired using coconut shells or husks. Fresh coconut meat has an oil content of 32 – 35% with a moisture content of approximately 50%.
  • Where is coconut soap made?
  • In Dominica, the Coconut Products factory produces soap which is found throughout the Caribbean, and the Coconut Growers Association of Trinidad and Tobago successfully manufactures and sells coconut-based margarine, cooking oil, shortening, and different soaps.
  • Why is it important to dry groundnuts & coconuts?
  • Adequate drying is particularly important in the case of groundnuts and coconuts as they are susceptible to the growth of moulds that produce poisons (see aflatoxins in Annex A,) that are linked to the development of cancer. Aflatoxin, if present, contaminates both the oil and more importantly the oil-cake remaining after extraction.