Organic Coconut Oil

Azure Market Organics Coconut Oil, Expeller Pressed, Virgin, Organic – 32 oz jar

” For unrefined, Extra Virgin coconut oil, fresh coconuts are split open and the meat separated from the shell.  The meat is steam blanched (around 200 F).  The blanched meat is shredded and oven dried (160 – 200 F) to make desiccated coconut. The desiccated coconut is then mechanically pressed (in an expeller J) without the use of solvents to extract the oil.  The oil goes through multiple filtering steps to remove any impurities or foreign material and is packaged.

• Organic
• Non-GMO
• Kosher
• This coconut oil has a mild, fresh coconut flavor with a strong coconut aroma and is white to light yellow** in color.

** Because of the limited processing of this product some sediment and discoloration may occur to the oil.

Azure Market Coconut Oil: The best value on the hottest oil.

Look out coconut water, your upcoming big brother is stealing the show. Coconut oil —especially virgin coconut oil — is suddenly the hottest topic in the health food world. This fragrant cooking oil has seen one of the fastest turnarounds ever, flip-flopping from vilified fat just a few years ago to the darling of the health world today.

Proponents claim that coconut oil can boost metabolism and help you lose weight, brighten your teeth, and strengthen immunity. Coconut oil can also positively affect our hormones, improving thyroid function and insulin use within the body. It increases digestion and helps to absorb fat-soluble vitamins.

Coconut oil is also a tremendously popular ingredient in body balms, beauty treatments, anti-aging creams, and even hair care products because of its ability to lock in moisture without the use of petroleum-based ingredients or chemicals.

Health benefits of Coconut Oil:

Coconut oil has been demonized in the past because it contains saturated fat. In fact, coconut oil is one of the richest sources of saturated fat known to man, with almost 90% of the fatty acids in it being saturated.

However, new data from large-scale studies is showing that saturated fats are not harmful – concluding, perhaps, that the whole “artery-clogging” idea was a myth. Not only that, coconut oil doesn’t contain your average run-of-the-mill saturated fats. About half of virgin coconut oil’s saturated fat is lauric acid, a Medium Chain Triglyceride, which is known as a beneficial fatty acid that improves levels of “good” HDL cholesterol.

Medium-chain fatty acids in coconut oil are metabolized differently than the more-common, long chain fatty acids. MCTs are absorbed straight into the liver which then quickly converts into energy. And here’s the really good news… MCTs have been shown to improve cognitive function, boost energy levels, fight bacterial infection and viruses, and aid digestion.

MCTs in coconut oil provide a unique combination of appetite suppression – because MCTs make you feel full – and metabolism boosting that seems to produce results for people trying to lose weight. More specifically, coconut oil appears to be especially effective in reducing abdominal fat, which lodges in the abdominal cavity and around organs. This is the most dangerous fat of all and is associated with many Western diseases.

Coconut oil also contains lauric acid which makes it a strong immune booster. Additionally, coconut oil helps support liver health.

At Azure we strongly encourage our customers to thoroughly research any new diet program or medicinal food. And always use moderation… too much coconut oil could be too much of a good thing.” – Azure Standard