Coconut oil guides

Some questions come up on the phone often enough that we wrote the answers down. Prices, tax codes, and how to tell cold-pressed oil from refined while you are standing in the shop.

• Coconut oil HSN code and GST rate

  The code and rate for coconut oil sold as a cooking oil, and why the same oil in a hair-oil bottle is billed differently.

• Cold-pressed vs refined coconut oil

  What refining does to the oil, how to tell the two apart in a shop, and why one costs more than the other.

• How to identify original coconut oil

  The fridge test takes thirty minutes and costs nothing. The label takes ten seconds and tells you more. Here is what a mill looks for.

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Not here? Ask on +91 70122 81743. We press the oil ourselves in Alappuzha 688003, so someone at the mill will know. Good questions tend to end up on this page.