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Coconut flour: Technology and cost of manufacture
Author(s) -
Hagenmaier R. D.,
Quinitio P. H.,
Clark S. P.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02637484
Subject(s) - coconut oil , food science , pulp and paper industry , mathematics , chemistry , engineering
Processing operations are described for production of oil and coconut flour from fresh coconuts. The nuts first are made into white desiccated coconuts in drying plants, and then prepressed, flaked, and hexane extracted in a central facility. White coconut flour that is produced contains 25% protein and only 0.5% oil. The process would be commercially feasible in the Philippines if a coconut flour price of $315 per metric ton were assumed.