54% Lauric acid, 66% MCTs! Latest Analysis Report
Here’s an update from our Coconut Oil suppliers, just posted on the Cocovida blog by Steve Learmouth. This is a good example of why we deal with this company and why it is very unlikely we would find a more open and honest manufacturer of virgin coconut oil.
Organic certification, and our latest analysis report.
On Monday I made a quick trip to our farm in Dolores, with Leilani Limpin, an organic inspector with the Organic Certification Center of The Philippines (OCCP).
I go on and on about the vast majority of coconuts in The Philippines being grown organically, but it is necessary for us to have certification;…….even if it costs a small fortune. The OCCP carries out inspections for Ceres of Germany, an internationally reknowned certification agency. We are requesting organic certification for Europe and North America. Given that our land is totally free of any pesticides and fertilisers, we don’t think there will be a problem.
Of course, Leilani can’t just take our word that no fertilisers or pesticides have been used, she actually has to carry out analysis of the soil, and inspect our production plant. The bottom photograph shows our guys digging to the depth of the tree roots, to collect soil samples. You will notice that Norrie has a hat full of soil, as somebody forgot to bring the bags. (We were lucky we were not asked to dig deeper, otherwise they would have discovered the body of our printer, Albert.)
There are very few small virgin coconut oil producers who are able to have their farms certified organic. Believe me, this is very sad, because invariably, they are the producers of by far the finest VCO. The factory producers have absolutely no problem getting any certification they want, but then produce poor quality oil. We decided that, as our oil is 100% organic, we should be certified as such. We will also be requesting certification for our coconut sugar.
Whilst we were on the farm, I took another photograph of Mel’s mother’s house. How that place has withstood the recent floods and typhoons, I will never know. Nanay is now 75…ish, (she has no idea when she was born), and loves nothing better than to stay on the farm, where she has spent most of her life. In UK estate agent jargon, the place could be said to have “olde worlde charm”, and be “perfect for the DIY enthusiast”, but it is only held up by a couple of rotting logs and two tubes of “No More Nails”. When Cocovida becomes a multi-national conglomerate, I am going to build Nanay something special on her farm, but I doubt she will ever let anybody knock down her “home”.
The analysis report? It just shows what all our customers already know; we make exceedingly good raw virgin coconut oil. The lauric figure of 54%, is not a one-off; this is our average figure, as you will find if you look at our other reports posted on this blog. Please also note the medium chain fatty acid total of 66% (lauric, capric and caprylic). We started getting this higher figure when we moved to Samar.
There are other companies that claim higher figures than us……..but they never manage to publish their analysis reports.
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