Coconut oil

Tigerton

Hi guys

I've been reading how benefifical coconut oil is, both for cooking and for your skin / hair.

Anyone know where is Dublin city centre I might get this cheap? Seems to be the best part of €20 is health food shops (but the jar is quite large).

Thanks in advance

Tigerton

Tigerton wrote: »

Hi guys

I've been reading how benefifical coconut oil is, both for cooking and for your skin / hair.

Anyone know where is Dublin city centre I might get this cheap? Seems to be the best part of €20 is health food shops (but the jar is quite large).

Thanks in advance

Dunnes stock Cocowell brand. It's 500ml, I believe, and costs €7 or so.

grames_bond

You will pick it up cheaper in the aisan stores, some around Mary street have good stock of them.

Tigerton

thanks guys. il have a look after work today. il be damned before i pay €20 for it

Alf Veedersane

There's Asia Market on Drury St, Oriental Emporium at the Jervis Luas stop and up in Rathmines as well.

GirlatdRockShow

I got a 500ml tub for 3 euro in the asian supermarket!

bbam

Isnt the method of extraction important though... Many of the cheaper brands are extracted under very high heats which affects the oil.
I might be wrong but something worth researching.

I use it here for brushing my teeth but nothing else..

DonnaDarko09

bbam wrote: »

Isnt the method of extraction important though... Many of the cheaper brands are extracted under very high heats which affects the oil.
I might be wrong but something worth researching.

I use it here for brushing my teeth but nothing else..

Brushing your teeth?! :eek: How?

bbam

DonnaDarko09 wrote: »

Brushing your teeth?! :eek: How?

with a toothbrush

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/12/08/coconut-oil-combats-tooth-decay.aspx

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

bbam wrote: »

with a toothbrush

it's crazy but maybe it's just crazy enough to work

Kurn

From what I understand, it needs to be cold pressed, the Cocowell brand seems to fit the bill, I use it for frying food mostly. It's solid at room temp.

bbam

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

it's crazy but maybe it's just crazy enough to work

I've not given up on conventional toothpaste, regular in the morning and coconut oil at night... I will say that my gums are softer and feel healthier since starting.

Tigerton

thanks for this guys. i got 500g for €3.60 in the asian market on abbey street. if i get on well with this one i dont mind paying a bit for for cold pressed / virgin coconut oil. i just didnt want to spend lots on something i wasnt sure if i would use.
tried it in a stir fry, its great!

rubadub

johnmryan wrote: »

From what I understand, it needs to be cold pressed,

This is what all the places that only sell cold pressed will certainly tell you, otherwise its up for debate, and not just by sellers of non-cold pressed.

El_Dangeroso

rubadub wrote: »

This is what all the places that only sell cold pressed will certainly tell you, otherwise its up for debate, and not just by sellers of non-cold pressed.

Absolutely, coconut oil is the one oil that you don't need to mind too much how refined it is. There's no massive advantage to 'virgin' coconut oil. In fact I prefer the more refined stuff, less coconut taste.

Little Lion Woman

Stupid question but does cocowell give food the overwhelmingly coconut taste?

I want to use healthier oils to cook with but don't want all my food to taste completely of coconut either!

whitewave

I absolutely hate the taste and smell of coconut but have been using coconut oil lately for cooking and I don't notice any difference in taste anyway!

rubadub

whitewave wrote: »

I absolutely hate the taste and smell of coconut but have been using coconut oil lately for cooking and I don't notice any difference in taste anyway!

what brand is this though, the virgin/pressed ones usually have more smell taste. Some of my nonvirgin ones have more taste than others

Little Lion Woman

whitewave wrote: »

I absolutely hate the taste and smell of coconut but have been using coconut oil lately for cooking and I don't notice any difference in taste anyway!

Thanks! What brand are you using?

juke

The Cocowel brand is tasteless and odourless. You'll pick it up in asian shops and Tesco.

j@utis

yeah, agree to that. Cocowel brand has very very mild hint of coconut flavor that goes unnoticeable in cooking. I'm using Nutiva brand at the moment and it's so much more "coconutier" than Cocowel but it's still not overpowering the taste of my meals. I love coconut flavor anyways and sometimes I eat coconut oil straight from the jar, deeelish!

whitewave

I'm using the cocowel one too, got it in Dunnes for about a fiver I think

iora_rua

I'm using the Biona Organic Coconut Oil - Cuisine - mild and odourless, in a large jar. Got it in a health food store and it wasn't cheap. However, as noone else in the household likes the taste of coconut, it's ideal for cooking and a little goes a long way.

If you're getting the odourless stuff, you really do need to read up on the processing method, as it could do you more harm than good!

rubadub

iora_rua wrote: »

If you're getting the odourless stuff, you really do need to read up on the processing method, as it could do you more harm than good!

Lots is bogus info. I was in well known supermarket and they had a sign up, like it was printed by themselves rather than a company. It was directly saying that if the oil was not virgin coconut oil that it would have trans fats and was hydrogenated.

I have never come across any hydrogenated coconut oil or oil with trans fats on sale here, or on any shops I found online.

If anybody has actually found some then please let us know.

KTC and "double horse brand" are not hydrogenated and have no trans fats.

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

rubadub wrote: »

Lots is bogus info. I was in well known supermarket and they had a sign up, like it was printed by themselves rather than a company. It was directly saying that if the oil was not virgin coconut oil that it would have trans fats and was hydrogenated.

I have never come across any hydrogenated coconut oil or oil with trans fats on sale here, or on any shops I found online.

If anybody has actually found some then please let us know.

KTC and "double horse brand" are not hydrogenated and have no trans fats.

I just picked up some Tiana coconut butter, as opposed to coconut oil, in Holland and Barrett.

http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=4622&prodid=5514&cid=182

It costs less than their extra virgin version and it also is said to have less of a coconut taste to it so may be better than the oil for cooking.

Just wondering is there any difference at all in the oil and the butter from a nutritional standpoint when using for cooking?

rubadub

Emmeline Breezy Watercress wrote: »

Just wondering is there any difference at all in the oil and the butter from a nutritional standpoint when using for cooking?

This just looks like its normal coconut oil with a tiny bit of hemp oil in it.

http://nouveauraw.com/special-raw-ingredients/coconut-oil-vs-coconut-butter/

What is the difference between coconut oil and coconut butter?

Coconut oil is JUST the oil that is extracted from the meat.
Coconut butter is the whole meat of the coconut pureed into a creamy butter.
Coconut meat (by nature) is approximately 65% oil.

The "butter" in your link is 100% fat so is not what is suggested above.

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

rubadub wrote: »

This just looks like its normal coconut oil with a tiny bit of hemp oil in it.

http://nouveauraw.com/special-raw-ingredients/coconut-oil-vs-coconut-butter/


The "butter" in your link is 100% fat so is not what is suggested above.

Thanks.
Ah, I see that now in the ingredients. 100g fat/100g.

So more or less the same then, would the hemp oil affect it in any negative way at all at high temperatures?

rubadub

Its only 0.6% hemp so I would not be worried.

Organic Coconut Butter (99.4%), Organic High Omega 3 Hempseed Oil.

I wonder why they bother adding it, at first I thought it might have been a cheap filler. Or to make it more spreadable like why some people will add oil to peanut butter. Seems it might be just a gimmick to separate it from the others and might sway them to buy it over a regular coconut oil. Some people want to up their omega 3 and might miss the fact its only 0.6%

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

rubadub wrote: »

Its only 0.6% hemp so I would not be worried.

Organic Coconut Butter (99.4%), Organic High Omega 3 Hempseed Oil.

I wonder why they bother adding it, at first I thought it might have been a cheap filler. Or to make it more spreadable like why some people will add oil to peanut butter. Seems it might be just a gimmick to separate it from the others and might sway them to buy it over a regular coconut oil. Some people want to up their omega 3 and might miss the fact its only 0.6%

Good stuff, thanks for the help. Think I'll hold onto it then.
Was debating leaving it back as it was a spur of the moment impulse to buy instead of the coconut oil which I normally buy.

Little Lion Woman

Hi,

I got some cocowel in Dunnes. Was just wondering how much oil should be used in making a stir fry?

overfinch

FYI re coconut oil, I just bought 2 x 500ml jars of organic coconut oil in Health Matters on Bray main street. Its on special offer at the moment and its less than 10 euro a jar. 22 euro in most other shops I checked.

rubadub

overfinch wrote: »

Its on special offer at the moment and its less than 10 euro a jar. 22 euro in most other shops I checked.

Dunnes & supervalu would be cheaper and its virgin oil in them too (which I know yours is too).

Many health shops are chancers on stuff like this. They probably had to drop the price since the supermarkets have started stocking it.