and Summary
Practically water white coconut oil prepared by either a physicomechanical (PM) or an improved rural process (RP) is highly stable. It has low (0.03%) free fatty acid content and needs no further purification to attain edible quality, especially when the fresh coconut flavor so desirable in confectioneries is relished. PM oil has better stability than RP because the former contains more of the major phospholipid. The RP oil reported herein is a marked improvement over a related product which American chemists in the Bureau of Science, Manila, found in local use as early as the start of the 20th century.
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