🥥 Extra Virgin Coconut Oil - Traditionally Churned from Coconut Milk

Ancient Bilona-Style Process | Native Nilgiris Coconuts | Unheated & Unrefined

🌴 Made from native Nilgiris coconuts, the oil is separated at low heat, without chemicals or mechanical force - mirroring the philosophy of bilona ghee.

🌴 The Ancient Method - Coconut Milk to Oil

Long before “cold-pressed” oils existed, coconut oil was made from wet coconut, not dry copra.

Traditional Steps:

• 🌱 Native coconuts harvested before maturity
• 🪨 Fresh kernel stone-grated, not dried
• 💧 Cold-extracted into coconut milk using potable water
• ⏳ Milk naturally fermented for a short period
• 🔄 Fat layer slowly churned, gently warmed by ambient or low flame (never exceeding enzyme thresholds)
• 🧪 Oil separates naturally, hand-filtered without refining

🔬 Key Scientific Insight

• ❌ No copra formation
• ❌ No oxidative stress from pressing
• ❌ No deodorization or bleaching
• ❌ No refining losses
• ✅ Preserves heat-sensitive polyphenols, tocopherols, and native aroma compounds that are partially lost in cold-pressed copra oils.

🏔️ Why Nilgiris Native Coconuts Matter

Nilgiris is not a mass coconut belt - and that is its strength.

Characteristics of Nilgiris Native Coconut Palms:

• 🌴 Tall, slow-growing, seed-propagated varieties
• 🌱 Lower yield per tree, higher nutrient density per nut
• ❄️ Cooler climate → slower fat synthesis, better fatty acid stability
• 🐞 Naturally pest-resistant; minimal intervention farming

Unlike hybrid plantation coconuts bred for volume, these trees prioritise oil quality over yield - making them ideal for milk-based virgin oil.

🧈 Sanesa's Extra Virgin vs Cold-Pressed Coconut Oil

✨ In essence: Cold-pressed oil is excellent. Extra virgin milk-extracted oil is ancestral and superior in certain areas.

⚗️ Nutritional & Functional Highlights

Fatty Acid Profile (Indicative Range):

• Saturated fats (MCFAs): ~90–92%
• Lauric acid: ~48–52%
• Caprylic & Capric acids: Present
• MUFA + PUFA: ~7–9%
• Trans fats: Not detected

🧠 Why this matters:

• Medium-chain fats metabolised differently from long-chain fats
• Lauric acid converts to monolaurin, studied for antimicrobial properties
• Milk-based extraction preserves bioactive lipid fractions

🌿 Culinary & Ritual Uses

In the Kitchen:

• 🍲 Ideal for low–medium heat cooking
• 🍛 Excellent for temple-style prasadam & sattvic recipes
• 🍮 Enhances sweetness in payasam, coconut curries, baking

Cultural Use:

• 🌸 Preferred oil for Ayurveda, rituals, and fasting foods
• 🤰 Traditionally used during pregnancy & post-partum care

🌱 Sustainability & Sanesa Yourganic Promise

🌴 Native, non-hybrid coconut trees
⏳ Well matured coconuts only just before they start drying
🥥 Fresh milk extraction - no copra wastage
🔥 No refining, deodorizing, or bleaching
🧪 Batch-level quality checks
📦 Glass Jars with buy-back otpion
🚚 Delivered fresh across Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Indirapuram

⚠️ Thoughtful Consumption Note

Though nutritionally valuable, coconut oil is fat-dense. Use mindfully, especially if managing cholesterol or calorie intake.