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Coconut oil

Cocos nuciferaAlso called copra oil

Coconut oil is a vegetable oil extracted from coconut fruit. It has a coconut aroma and is used for baking and sautéing.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Fats & oils
Made from
Coconut
Part used
Fruit
Family
Arecaceae
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Coconut oil, packaged

Photo: Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use coconut oil

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Saute

Cooking with it

It is solid below about 25 °C (77 °F) and liquid at higher temperatures. Its frying smoke point is 177 °C (351 °F).

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

  • Coconut

Nutrition

What 100 g of coconut oil holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 0%Fat 99%Carbohydrate 1%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of coconut oil
Energy833 kcal · 3,480 kJ
Protein0 g
Fat99 g
of which saturated83 g
Carbohydrate0.84 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium0 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of coconut oil: minerals and vitamins
Calcium1 mg
Iron0.05 mg
Zinc0.02 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 171412, 330458), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with coconut oil

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Kuwah Pliëk U

    Indonesia

  • Bagea

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include coconut oil.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: coconut oil in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
coconut (extracted)
A kind of
vegetable oil

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What coconut oil is called

Names in 68 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    aceite de coco · manteca de coco

  • French

    huile de coco · huile de coprah · huile de noix de coco

  • Italian

    olio di cocco

  • Portuguese

    óleo de coco · gordura de coco · manteiga de coco

  • German

    Kokosöl · Oleum cocos · Kokosfett · Kokosnussöl

  • Dutch

    kokosolie · kokosvet · klapperolie

  • Greek

    Κοκοφοινικέλαιο

  • Turkish

    hindistan cevizi yağı

  • Russian

    Кокосовое масло

  • Polish

    Olej kokosowy · Tłuszcz palmowy · Masło kokosowe · Tłuszcz kokosowy

  • Arabic

    زيت جوز الهند

  • Persian

    روغن نارگیل

Show all 68 languages

  • Akan

    Kubenwa

  • Armenian

    Կոկոսի յուղ

  • Assamese

    নাৰিকল তেল

  • Bangla

    নারিকেল তেল

  • Basque

    koko-olio · Kopra olio

  • Belarusian

    Какосавы алей

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    какосавы алей

  • Bhojpuri

    गड़ी तेल

  • Bikol

    Coconut Oil

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    óleo de coco · gordura de coco · manteiga de coco

  • Bulgarian

    Кокосово масло

  • Burmese

    အုန်းဆီ

  • Cantonese

    椰油

  • Catalan

    oli de coco · Oli de copra

  • Cebuano

    lana sa lubi · aseyte sa lubi

  • Chinese

    椰子油 · 椰油

  • Croatian

    Kokosovo ulje

  • Czech

    kokosový olej

  • Danish

    kokosolie

  • Esperanto

    kokosoleo

  • Estonian

    Kookosõli

  • Filipino

    Langis ng niyog

  • Finnish

    kookosöljy · kookosrasva · kookosmargariini

  • Galician

    Aceite de coco

  • Hausa

    Man kwakwa

  • Hebrew

    שמן קוקוס

  • Hindi

    नारियल तेल

  • Hungarian

    kókuszolaj

  • Indonesian

    Minyak kelapa · Virgin coconut oil · Minyak kelapa murni

  • Irish

    ola chnó cócó

  • Japanese

    ヤシ油 · 椰子油 · パーム核油 · ココナッツ油

  • Javanese

    Lenga klapa

  • Kannada

    ಕೊಬ್ಬರಿ ಎಣ್ಣೆ

  • Korean

    코코넛기름 · 코코넛 오일 · 코코넛유

  • Latvian

    kokosriekstu eļļa

  • Literary Chinese

    椰油

  • Lithuanian

    Kokosų aliejus · Kokoso riešutų aliejus · Kokoso aliejus

  • Malay

    Minyak kelapa

  • Malayalam

    വെളിച്ചെണ്ണ · Coconut oil

  • Marathi

    खोबरेल तेल · नारळाचे तेल

  • Minangkabau

    Minyak karambia · minyak kalapo

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    kokosolje

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    Kokosfeitt

  • Ossetic

    Кокосы зети

  • Papiamento

    Zeta di coco

  • Romanian

    ulei de cocos

  • Sanskrit

    नारिकेलतैलम्

  • Serbian

    Kokosovo ulje

  • Simplified Chinese

    椰子油

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    椰子油

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    椰子油

  • Sinhala

    පොල් තෙල්

  • Slovenian

    kokosovo olje

  • Swedish

    kokosolja · Cocosfett · kokosnötsolja

  • Tamil

    தேங்காயெண்ணெய்

  • Telugu

    కొబ్బరి నూనె · కొబ్బరినూనె

  • Traditional Chinese

    椰子油

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    椰子油

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    椰子油

  • Tulu

    ತಾರೆದ ಎಣ್ಣೆ

  • Ukrainian

    кокосова олія

  • Uzbek

    Kokos yogʻi

  • Vietnamese

    Dầu dừa

  • Wu Chinese

    椰子油

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q216235

Photos

Photo: Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons