Say NO to Hexane in Virgin Coconut Oil Why 'NO Hexane' is
important!   BANABAN Extra Virgin Coconut Oil® is Cold Pressed
and ‘No Hexane’ is used!    With so many different types of
Virgin and Coconut Oils on the market;  cold pressed,  expeller
pressed, wet milled, centrifuged spun etc. it is important to
know how your BANABAN Extra Virgin Coconut Oil® is processed.
You also might have noticed that we have a NO HEXANE sticker on
our labels.  We believe it is important for our customers to be
made aware of why hexane is used and how it can still be found
in some of the ‘organic’ coconut oils in the market place.
Many companies that make Expeller Pressed Coconut oil treat the
oil with chemicals like hexane to extract the remaining oil
(higher yield) from coconuts when crushing them. Usually
expeller pressed oil only can get about 66% of the oil from the
coconuts during processing, so the yield of oil is lower unless
hexane is used.   When expeller pressed coconut oil is treated
with hexane, it is also heated