Introduction
Coconut oil is extensively used for food and industrial
purposes. The oil is rich in medium chain fatty acids
(MCFA) and exhibits good digestibility (Che Man&Marina,
2006). Various methods have been developed to extract coconut
oil, either through dry or wet processing. Dry processing
is the most widely used form of extraction. Clean, ground
and steamed copra is pressed by wedge press, screw press or
hydraulic press to obtain coconut oil, which then goes
through the refining, bleaching, and deodorizing (RBD) processes.
During the RBD process, heating process is applied