COCONUT OIL

It is popular and widely used oil that comes from coconut. Pure coconut contains 65% oil in it.

CHARECTERISTIS

• Its color is white and smells like coconut in its virgin form.
• The color of coconut oil is pure white in its frozen form
• To convert one kilogram of coconut oil in to soap, 256 to 264 g caustic potash and 145 g of soda caustic is required
• It contains fatty acids C12 and C15

DENSITY

• 0.92

IODINE VALUE

• 7 to 10

MELTING POINT

• 25 ^OC

SOLUBILITY

• Soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform and carbon disulfide
• Gets mixed in water but does not dissolve
• It is the source of energy in edible form
• Does not get spoiled in its pure form but spoils when comes in contact with water.

HAZARDS

• It is harmless and non-flammable
• Many catch fire when heated

INGREDIENTS

Lauric acid, capric acid,myristic acid, palmitic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, and, caprylic acid

GRADES

• Crude, refined, salon, manila, Malaysia grad

USES

It is used

• In food products, bakery products, cocoa butter, soap making cosmetics, detergents, emulsions, cotton dying, fatty alcohols and fatty acids.