The 16-Hour Process
From the palm to the bottle: eight steps in the Andaman Islands, then by sea, rail and road to Karnataka.
Chapter one · Tree to oil
From the palm to the oil. Eight steps, one island.
Everything from harvest to the sealed batch happens in the Andaman Islands. Press play, or choose any step.
Andaman Islands
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Harvest
Mature coconuts are harvested from the palms of the Andaman Islands.
Chapter two · Andaman to India
Island to bottle. By sea, by rail, by road.
Schematic route · city positions approximate · not to scale
Copra oil, and ours
Fresh cream, not dried copra.
StepTypical copra oilMonolauria.™
- STARTS ASKernels dried for days in sun or kilnsFresh, wet coconut cream
- OIL RELEASED BYHigh-heat expeller pressing16-hr controlled fermentation; the oil rises on its own
- REFININGOften refined, bleached and deodorisedNone. No bleaching, no deodorising
- SCENTSmoky copra note, or stripped outFresh coconut. No added fragrance
- BEFORE SALEVaries by brandEvery lot sampled and linked to its lab report
What’s the sameBoth are coconut oil, with the same family of fatty acids, including lauric acid. The difference is how it’s made. Any difference in the oil itself will be published only once our side-by-side lab tests are in.
General category, not a test of any specific brand.