• What are the different types of coconut oil extraction methods?
  • Moving beyond the cold pressing and hot extraction methods, there is the centrifugation technique. This method uses high-speed spinning to separate the oil from the other components of the coconut meat. Unlike other methods, centrifugation does not use heat, which means the quality of coconut oil is not compromised.
  • How to extract coconut oil from coconut milk?
  • Overall process of coconut extraction using low-pressure extraction techniques This method consists of a combination of a few separation methods, such as centrifugation and cold pressing. It makes use of the difference in freezing points of the components in coconut milk to extract coconut oil from coconut milk.
  • How to extract coconut milk from shredded coconut meat?
  • Moreover, Oseni et al. 2017 studied both induced fermentation and natural fermentation method of oil extraction, where the shredded coconut meat mixed with water in the ratio 1:1 at 70 ¡ãC followed by kneading of mixture for 5 min, strained to obtain coconut milk and allowed to settle for 6 h.
  • What is dry process of coconut oil extraction using dried coconut meat (copra)?
  • Seneviratne and Jayathilaka (2016) gave a description about the dry process of coconut oil extraction using dried coconut meat (copra), which involves drying of coconut kernels by reduction of water content from 50% to about 6% from coconut kernels.
  • What are the challenges faced by the industries in extracting coconut oil?
  • Challenges that are faced by the industries in extracting the coconut oil using different methods of extraction are important to be explored so that advancement in the oil extraction technology can be done for efficient downstream processing. This study is vital as it provides insights that could enhance the production of coconut oil.
  • How is coconut milk extracted from water emulsion?
  • Coconut milk is oil in water emulsion that is stabilized by protein, predominantly by albumin and globulin fractions. The destabilization of emulsion stability by collapsing protein bonds is required in order to yield virgin coconut oil (Patil and Benjakul 2019). The different methods of VCO extraction are briefly discussed below.