Re: VCO oil

Tropical Traditions processes their Virgin Coconut Oil with coconuts that are harvested within the last 24 hours. So how do you qualify this as "fresher?" Sounds like marketing hype to me. Nutiva oil is from Fiji, and it is quite well-known that coconuts from the Philippines are a better quality, as they are grown in volcanic soil on mountains. Fiji is very sandy soil. One should look at the fatty acid composition, and Tropical Traditions claims that their Virgin coconut oil consistently tests above 50% for lauric acid.