Coconut fruit oil or coconut oil is a vegetable product that has been widely used in Indonesia since ancient times until now.
Coconut fruit oil or coconut oil is taken from copra. Copra is the dried flesh of an old coconut. The copra is then processed to produce coconut fruit oil or coconut oil.
The reading resource page on the January 10, 2022 edition of Kompas.com provides information that the history of the use of coconut oil in Indonesia began to be recorded during the Dutch East Indies period, in the 17-18 century range.
At that time, it was written that the coconut fruit oil factory was in Pangandaran, in the southern part of West Java. The need for coconut oil or coconut fruit oil is for culinary or cooking purposes.
Coconut Oil
As of 1960, the Indonesian government established People’s Nucleus Plantations (PIR) for coconut commodities. PIR was carried out in several coconut plantation centers, for example in North Sulawesi, East Sumatra and West Java.
Coconut oil, said Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Sesa, distributor of Dr. Bronner’s soap, Renny Hasibuan, February 8 2023, especially organic ones which are currently also the basic ingredients for making soap.
Organic coconut oil is part of other vegetable oils, including organic olive oil, in the process of making soap. In addition, he added, the basic ingredients for organic soap also come from organic eucalyptus oil and jojoba oil. In the current times, the use of vegetable oils, including palm oil, has become a campaign material for environmental awareness.
Vegetable oil is the mainstay of vegetarian and vegan groups to further reduce animal oil and at the same time reduce the high level of environmental pollution.
Source: https://www.kompas.com/stori/read/2023/02/08/235045379/sejarah-minyak-buah-kelapa-untuk-kuliner-hingga-kecantikan?page=all