Patents

The present invention discloses a process for the removal of phenolic constituents of testa from fresh coconut to result in the production of a lauric rich coconut oil and a protein rich fraction, by removing copra and/or coconut kernel from coconut, treating the copra and/or coconut kernel with hydrochloric acid, separating the treated copra and/or coconut kernel and removing the excess acid by washing it with water, drying the treated copra and/or coconut kernel, extracting the dried and treated copra and/or coconut kernel with a food grade hexane as solvent to obtain lauric rich coconut oil and protein rich fraction containing extract.