A report on Coconut oil
Edible oil derived from the wick, meat, and milk of the coconut palm fruit.
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Saturated fat
5 linksType of fat in which the fatty acid chains have all single bonds.
Type of fat in which the fatty acid chains have all single bonds.
Certain vegetable products have high saturated fat content, such as coconut oil and palm kernel oil.
Palm oil
5 linksEdible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp of the fruit of the oil palms.
Edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp of the fruit of the oil palms.
It is not to be confused with palm kernel oil derived from the kernel of the same fruit or coconut oil derived from the kernel of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera).
Coconut
3 linksMember of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos.
Member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos.
Mature, ripe coconuts can be used as edible seeds, or processed for oil and plant milk from the flesh, charcoal from the hard shell, and coir from the fibrous husk.
Fat
3 linksIn nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.
In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.
Plants and fish oil generally contain a higher proportion of unsaturated acids, although there are exceptions such as coconut oil and palm kernel oil.
Lauric acid
2 linksSaturated fatty acid with a 12-carbon atom chain, thus having many properties of medium-chain fatty acids, is a bright white, powdery solid with a faint odor of bay oil or soap.
Saturated fatty acid with a 12-carbon atom chain, thus having many properties of medium-chain fatty acids, is a bright white, powdery solid with a faint odor of bay oil or soap.
Lauric acid, as a component of triglycerides, comprises about half of the fatty-acid content in coconut milk, coconut oil, laurel oil, and palm kernel oil (not to be confused with palm oil), Otherwise, it is relatively uncommon.
Coconut milk
2 linksOpaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts.
Opaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts.
The opacity and rich taste of coconut milk are due to its high oil content, most of which is saturated fat.
Vegetable oil
2 linksVegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds or from other parts of fruits.
Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds or from other parts of fruits.
Such oils include both the major cooking oils – soybean, rapeseed, canola, sunflower, safflower, peanut, cottonseed, etc. – and tropical oils, such as coconut, palm, and rice bran.
Capric acid
1 linksSaturated fatty acid, medium-chain fatty acid , and carboxylic acid.
Saturated fatty acid, medium-chain fatty acid , and carboxylic acid.
Capric acid occurs naturally in coconut oil (about 10%) and palm kernel oil (about 4%), otherwise it is uncommon in typical seed oils.
Caprylic acid
1 linksSaturated fatty acid, medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA), and carboxylic acid.
Saturated fatty acid, medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA), and carboxylic acid.
Its compounds are found naturally in the milk of various mammals and as a minor constituent of coconut oil and palm kernel oil.