Green Valley Coconut Oil

Benefits and Application

The medium-chain fatty acids in Green Valley's Coconut Oil have antimicrobial properties that can help protect against harmful microorganisms. This is especially important for skin health, as many skin infections, including acne, cellulitis, folliculitis and athlete's foot, are caused by bacteria or fungi. Applying coconut oil directly to the skin may prevent the growth of these microorganisms.
It is a natural make-up remover that gently dissolves long-lasting, highly pigmented make-up without drying your skin.
It is also suitable for chapped lips and is great for pre-bath massages and post-bath hydration.

Green Valley's Coconut Oil can be used as a conditioner, as a post wash detangler and also as a hair mask. When used regularly (two to three times a week), it has the power to make your hair grow longer, thicker, and healthier. The vitamins and fatty acids in it help nourish your scalp and penetrate the hair's cuticle.
Excessive grooming can damage the hair shaft, which in extreme circumstances can cause hair loss. Coconut oil can help keep your hair in good condition and prevent this.
It moisturizes your hair and reduces breakage, and helps in controlling frizz.
It protects your hair from protein loss and damage when wet.
It has antimicrobial properties and could help treat dandruff. It can protect your hair from environmental damage like wind, sun, and smoke.

Some people have said that coconut oil leaves them feeling fuller after eating. This is because MCTs are metabolized as ketones which lead to reduced appetite. Coconut oil is one of the key ingredients in the Keto Diet.

Green Valley's Conventional Coconut Oil is very different from most other cooking oils and contains a unique composition of fatty acids. The fatty acids are about 90% saturated. But coconut oil is perhaps most unique for its high content of saturated fat - lauric acid, which makes up around 40% of its total fat content. These are harder for the body to convert into stored fat and easier to burn off than long-chain triglycerides (LCTs). This makes it highly resistant to oxidation at high heat. For this reason, it is very suitable for sauteing or stir-frying in a pan. It is also a good substitute for butter or eggs in baked dishes.

Green Valley's Conventional Coconut Oil contains natural saturated fats that increase HDL (good) cholesterol levels in your body. There are two types of cholesterol: high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or good cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or bad cholesterol. By increasing HDL, many experts believe that coconut oil boosts heart health compared with many other fats. Regularly consuming it improves the levels of lipids circulating in the blood, potentially reducing the risk of heart disease.

Green Valley's Coconut Oil has medium-chain fatty acids that are natural antiseptics. This help kill some of the bad bacteria in your stomach and aid the body in producing chloride, which balances stomach acids. It relieves some of the damage done to the esophagus by the acid it's continuously exposed to.

Coconut oil can help maintain an essential balance of hormones because of the lauric acid contained in it.

Process

1. Procurement

Green Valley procures matured coconuts from the local farmers. They are de-husked, brought to the factory and are cut open and drained of water. We also ensure that damaged and immature nuts are discarded. Our direct procurement from farmers assures them of the right price and allows for transparency in quality testing, weight estimation, and inspection processes.

2. Drying

De-husked nuts, drained of their water, are dried using a hot air blower for 12-14 hours in the primary drying chamber. After drying, they are separated from its shell to get good quality copra retained of its freshness and colour. The copra is fed into the secondary copra-drying chamber for the next round of drying using hot air. Moisture, when present in the oil, causes rancidity. This process ensures that only the right amount of moisture is retained in the copra for longer shelf life. The copra is also free from smoke and sulphur.

We do not follow the practice of buying roasted copra from the market. Roasting affects the copra's quality and does not lead to removing the moisture content to the level required. It could also be dried using smoke and might contain sulphur, a toxic preservative, added as an anti-microbial agent for preventing bacteria and fungus. Sulphur restricts lung performance and leads to direct allergenic reactions.

3. Cutting

Milling copra is half the coconut size, comes in irregular shapes, and is not ideal for handling and processing. The thoroughly dried copra is passed through a cutting machine to be chopped into smaller pieces, which then is conveyed to the expeller.

4. Crushing and Oil Extraction

Dried and chopped copra pieces are fed into an expeller with a screw press for mechanical crushing under high pressure. Crushing is carried out in 2 stages - copra crushed once is fed into the next cold-press expeller for the second time crushing to recover maximum oil. Oil squeezes out of copra into the expeller leaving the fibre out. Extraction through a cold process helps retain the natural colour, aroma, and freshness of our product. The copra's hard fibre left behind after oil expelling, known as coconut oil cake, is used as cattle feed.

Our cold press extraction process makes us stand apart from other brands. Our oil is not subjected to extreme heating that can lead to the change in the natural colour, taste and properties making it unhealthy.

5. Screening

The oil extracted in the expeller flows into the sedimentation tank to be removed from its entrained foots. After the sedimentation process, it is transferred to the filtration unit.

6. Filtration

The oil is passed through a high-pressure heavy-duty filter press consisting of plates and filter cloths to be removed off the oil solids. The filtered oil is pumped to the first overhead tank, where it is again filtered through a gravity filter to be ensured that even the microparticles are removed. The filtered oil flows to the storage tank and then to the packing unit.

7. Packaging

Fully-automatic filling machines are used to fill a definite quantity of Green Valley Coconut Oil in rigid packing containers made of edible grade packing material. Green Valley products are hygienically packed, periodically tested, and monitored to ensure supreme quality. Each SKU after primary packing is secondary packed in corrugated carton boxes. We ensure the upkeep, hygiene, and cleanliness of materials and machines.