In the coconut oil industry, dried coconut meat (“copra”) is
commonly used as the raw material for oil extraction either by
organic solvent or by mechanical pressing (2). Efforts have been
undertaken to utilize the protein that remains in the coconut
meal after oil extraction for human consumption. Despite its
relatively high protein content (18-25%), coconut meal is too
fibrous, and the protein quality is severely lowered by the
condition of oil extraction (3).