It’s no secret that coconut is one of the world’s most nourishing super foods, and Nutiva’s virgin coconut oil is cold-pressed and never refined, deodorized, or bleached.  With a rich aroma and smooth, sweet flavor, it’s a great cooking oil and works deliciously on bread, veggies or popcorn. It’s even a luscious, soothing skin moisturizer and deep conditioning hair treatment.

Refined vs. Unrefined 

While refined and unrefined coconut oil contain the same amount of beneficial fatty acid, unrefined is richer in phytonutrients. With refined coconut oil, polyphenols (which act as antioxidants in the body) are damaged by the bleaching and heating process used to create refined coconut oil so choosing unrefined oil is a better choice for the fullest coconut flavor and the most phytonutrients. Refined coconut oil is best for cooking at high temperatures, as its smoking point is 450 degrees F.