Nuts
Virgin
Virgin coconut oil is minimally refined so the fat still smells and tastes of fresh coconut. It solidifies in a cool pantry and liquefies with gentle warmth. Use where coconut perfume is welcome—baking, finishing, medium-heat cooking—not where invisibility is required. Good virgin oil smells sweet and clean; sour or paint notes mean rancidity. Buy jar sizes you will finish; opened aroma fades in heat and light. Virgin describes process and aroma, not unlimited deep-frying licence.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 99 g
- Saturated Fat 34.7 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 39.6 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 24.8 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.77 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 0.2 g
- Water 0.3 g
- Energy 892 kcal
- Water 0.3 g
- Protein 0.2 g
- Fat 99 g
- Saturated Fat 34.7 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 39.6 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 24.8 g
- Omega-3 3.71 g
- Vitamins 79.5 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.2 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.15 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 1.92 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.47 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.14 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 13.9 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 36.8 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 4.5 mg
- Vitamin K 4.4 µg
- Minerals 364 mg
- Major Minerals 363 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.2 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.15 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 1.92 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.47 · vitamin-b6: 0.14 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 13.9 · vitamin-b9-folate: 36.8 · vitamin-e: 4.5 · vitamin-k: 4.4 ·
Minerals
Virgin of Coconut: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Traditional wet and dry methods extracted coconut oil for cooking across the tropics.
Copra-based refined coconut oil became a global commodity fat.
Virgin cold-process coconut oil reclaimed aromatic culinary status.