Why Coconut Oil Is So Expensive | So Expensive | Business Insider

Coconuts produce some of the most expensive cooking oil, selling for up to 12 times the price of canola oil in the United States. But the health benefits coconut oil devotees swear by are hotly contested, and the American Heart Association even recommended that consumption be avoided. Nevertheless, the industry is expected to grow by half a billion dollars worldwide over the next four years. So with the controversial conversation surrounding the product, why is coconut oil so expensive?
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[@JericusDeGamuz]

From my ancestors to my parents, we use this "so expensive" oil to massage our feet and joints.

[@johndeopaduaART]

We were the true royalties hahaha

[@SuryanIsaac]

Same here

[@akashthakuria7605]

🤣🤣🤣 same here #indian

[@Context.Required]

Same

[@drogonolia9874]

Watch the video, they say "Expensive Cooking Oil"

[@scoopam_art]

The tittle should be "why coconut oil is so expensive in America"

[@sherlan1886]

Exactly cause it ain't so in my country.

[@kingkong2427]

It’s expensive everywhere lol stop capping

[@BrYAn-uu6nm]

@@kingkong2427 it's not lmao, here in the DR its super cheap

[@terramerc733]

@@kingkong2427 well it's not where i'm at

[@nadaal5744]

it's expensive everywhere it's not made in

[@rand-san2095]

I'm actually surprised how minimally processed this is compared to other stuff like corn/soybean/canola oil.

[@axeonee]

most of it is probably more processed its just that the video shows some isolated company that makes it more by hand.

[@asifmoideen1143]

@@axeonee the video showed nothing.anyway its a simple process.

[@youraveragejoe-]

Coconut oil is good for you!Hydrogenated coconut oil should be avoided at all cost. All the scientific studies about coconut oil are done on hydrogenated coconut oil and not unprocessed coconut oil.

[@ospreyzxc7960]

Also this is not actual coconut oil ,this is virgin coconut oil

[@jort93z]

You can buy less processed canola oil as well. But refined oil will have better properties for cooking. Generally it is refined to have a higher smoke point, so it won't burn as rapidly.

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687]

South and Southeast Asians: You have expensive coconut oils?

[@Clydedonovn2424]

That was my first thought lmao

[@lasanmanujitha6120]

exactly

[@vishalgiraddi5357]

Ikr, here in India we use coconut oil atleast 2-3 days a week & sunflower oil rest of the days

[@oneeyedudera]

😂😂

[@gihankanishka]

Sri Lankan here coconut oil in the main type of oil in most or all household here

[@San-jn6bm]

"Why Coconut Oil Is So Expensive" Me: "hmm... must be americans" "selling for up to 12 times the price of canola oil in the United States" Me: *laughing in 1$/liters*

[@omkargaikwad6181]

india has even cheaper, around half that price

[@rohitraju6527]

@omkar: it is impossible to get 1 liter of coconut oil for half the price (50 cents). If you get it then please get it checked. It could be adulterated. The costs comes around 3 dollars per kg in India. For pure coconut oil.

[@omkargaikwad6181]

@@rohitraju6527 oh boi, whenever possible my mother and grandmother make the oil themselves, so its only the transport we pay for (we the coconuts from my granddad) that doesn't really cost much and yeah for the 100 pure is little costly than 50cents but not 3 bucks it's around 1 or 2

[@arvindravindranath]

@@omkargaikwad6181 dude one dollar is 75 rupees. One liter of coconut oil is NOT that cheap.

[@xwtek3505]

You probably confused coconut with oil palms, which in Indonesia, it's called kelapa (i.e. coconut) sawit

[@stephenscott7854]

In 70's and 80's large american companies campaigned against coconut oil to promote corn oil canolao il and cottonseed oil for cooking. Drove the market down for it

[@tymesho]

YES!

[@litozulueta6013]

Yes there was that campaign against coconut oil. But coconut oil still reigns supreme. The truth shall set us free.

[@ken-je9oi]

"Coconut oils are Expensive" South and Southeast Asians: we are damn RICHHHHHH!!! Finally

[@avivishwakarma8028]

😂😀😂😂

[@lydhiyamary]

I think the people residing in Kerala (South India) use it more than any other Indians. And I'm one among them. It makes the dishes more tastier that ever and it is also used to apply over the scalp before washing the head. The name Kerala itself contains 'Keram', that means coconut and called to be the land of Coconuts🌴

[@pichousakirito168]

Tbh In my country, coconut oil isn’t expensive at all. Basically, it’s 2$ a liter.

[@troll2637]

Yeah, it's inexpensive in Sri Lanka too.

[@vuvuvu6291]

Because it's abundance. High supply, lower price

[@puthirithphoan8851]

2$ per liter is expensive, in the video it is roughly 2000$ per metric ton which is equal to 1000 liters give or take.

[@pichousakirito168]

@@puthirithphoan8851 that’s one of the cheapest natural oils in my country.

[@aakashsinha9641]

Yeah it's also cheap in India

[@jazz-axy9924]

I love how the comments are filled with non-Americans stating the opposite. I'm in the caribbean and my brother just made a big bottle of oil from the coconuts in the backyard. Supermarket imported coconut oil is expensive but anyone with a brain would buy the better local stuff from the market or even the pharmacy!

[@Fisinocean]

You have bigvass brain jazz-axy

[@NitinGupta-qm6hj]

Exactly and one in market also cheap and 100% real.

[@adecree]

We don't have local coconuts we're completely non-tropical.... that's why they're imported

[@chasehim3761]

@@adecree Florida has plenty of coconuts. Literally, they just hang around.

[@gijaysorez7747]

If only I can get some coconuts around here ....oh wait I can't

[@ordinary_magician]

I was going to finish a school project at the last moment... but this looks interesting...

[@thomashern3756]

Same

[@ananthramesh6911]

Seriously... because same happened to me...😊

[@Blackcannon-fm5bb]

Same

[@ShafiqKhan-dg1zh]

Hehehe😞

[@raceris7309]

Strange, I already finished mine

[@senshai1267]

Being from south india ....this was a surprising title to read .lol

[@rakshanareddy5230]

😂

[@shakthimamathi124]

Yeah lol!!

[@manasnr]

but this is virgin coconut oil which is priced higher

[@jordielninopolla750]

@@manasnr how you know its still virgin?

[@mrglitch5632]

@@jordielninopolla750 I thought ur comment made no sense then I look at ur name.

[@alphajed7700]

Why coconut oil is expensive in Europe and Americas Filipinos meanwhile: [Laughs in latik makers]. 😂😂

[@Fisinocean]

Soutgeast asia be winning this lmao

[@retrovirus_exe]

*laughs in Bisaya*

[@aasthagupta1.092]

I india too

[@rovanopong5033]

Hahaha

[@elvinamil8888]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@ayushraj371]

If coconut oil is expensive then my hair is platinum.

[@snaik9141]

Bruh

[@hariprasad_iyer]

😂😂😂tum to heavy driver nikle

[@EzDegrees]

should've sold the soil stepped by my feet

[@drogonolia9874]

Yeah.... Now start using that coconut oil for cooking everyday

[@nahor88]

I'm of Tamil ancestry but was born in the US. My grandparents would always use coconut oil in their hair and it smelled nasty. Why yall do that shit? lol

[@ChandranPrema123]

Kerala people be like: "It's as common as Water"

[@rohithbaliga]

Everywhere I go I see coconuts

[@ennakavi2129]

Unfortunately , the price is expensive in Kerala compared to philippines.

[@alenpaul2523]

@@ennakavi2129 communist

[@AshbinSanthosh]

@@alenpaul2523 Nope its not because of that its because of the middlemen who doesn't give profit to farmers!

[@ennakavi2129]

@@nonexistent4797 Drop your nonsense. Someone emigrated to wipe someones bottom.

[@King6904]

Insider 10 years later: Everything is Expensive.

[@z3ronotfund939]

if we still alive

[@rutycalderongoldshmit9207]

Too bad

[@King6904]

@@rutycalderongoldshmit9207 wdym lol??

[@VodShod]

insider now: Alternative Medicine, AKA Snake Oil = Expensive.

[@axeonee]

@@z3ronotfund939 you can say that for every year. A random meteorite could just come our way and we end up like dinosaurs. Anything is possible. Heck apocalypse can happen in less than a day if the US or other countries with a lot of nukes start going at war.

[@snifey7694]

"Why Coconut is expensive" Me who lives in asia: *im going to pretend I didn't hear that*

[@wolfshield2499]

MUST be the American or European headlines news 😆😂😆😂😆😂😆

[@neelo420]

It's cheap in india

[@om2729]

Okay i laughed for real.

[@HOWCANIMISSYOU]

In India You can get 200ml pure coconut oil in just 3 dollars.

[@RollLandOh08]

You can get a gallon of coconut oil for only $2

[@jacob6304]

me who is applying inexpensive coconut oil on my hair while watching this video in India...

[@vloguidice3932]

Same but in the UK

[@IxoraNera]

ikr

[@LuckySingh-ln9ox]

Yeah

[@abjotsingh6653]

i Get you XD Same !

[@anoopnazeer2609]

Same here

[@zjc_tsurkarn08]

As a Malayali, I'm surprised. Our humble co. oil is a VIP abroad. Here, it becoming expensive bit by bit because of less cultivation by people. We still use the oil from our own coconuts.

[@MP-cv6if]

Being an Indian, I never thought of it as expensive

[@8L4CK_P4NTH3R]

Same :P

[@dhruvakhera5011]

Ikr

[@rocketryreuben]

same

[@MegaSavvis]

I'm guessing olive oil is expensive in India though.

[@sourabhdhiman791]

Yes😂

[@ryanjosh5438]

The harvesters of the coconuts are almost always impoverished. If coconut oil is so expensive, they should be compensated well too

[@skylineXpert]

Exactly. I rarely buy. But usually fair trade.

[@inigobantok1579]

It's easier said than done with the corruption and cronyism plus I live in the PH these harvesters make a bulk of our agricultural industry

[@tamarasavely3319]

The workers should get unionised. They shouldn't work that hard to still be poor. Not right.

[@corin164]

Spoken like a true communist.

[@hannesH3]

Unfortunately they’re not essential. The owners can always find someone who’ll do it for less.

[@alexispelletier7568]

Thanks mate for all the fantastic reporting and interviews what an education I am getting) never to old to learn even at 63 years!

[@michelemarini8740]

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[@jojiemiana3034]

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[@cadenboucher9741]

He is correct

[@cadenboucher9741]

There are other technologies in place for that. Cryptocurrency is completely redundant and unnecessary

[@rio1914]

Starting early is the best way of getting ahead to build wealth, investing remains a priority. The stock market has plenty of opportunities to earn a decent payouts, with the right skills and proper understanding of how the market works by Mr Tyler forex, so search on any social media in which you have at the moment.

[@ruzdaniellegarcia4774]

Coconut oil expensive eh? *Applies oil in hair and parents' feet* *Buys fresh coconut juice every morning* *Eats food in coconut milk* *Makes pandecoco with the meat* *Uses the husk to wax the floor* *Lives near a coconut grove* Go lokal

[@SrJrXVIII]

almost daily life except the food in coconut milk and pandecoco

[@rishadar]

Use to shell to make spoons and ornaments, husk to make rope and mat, leaf to fold and roofing hut, make coconut jaggery, copra waste from oil for animal feed wats left nothing

[@daisuke910]

Fresh coconut water is the best 👍🏼 The one in market taste yuckie lol. Sour

[@edavid2557]

What do you guys do with the fibre? It looks amazing to make fabric!

[@SJOGREENANTHONY]

Pan de coco 👌😏

[@argenteuseagle7490]

Coconut is expensive... Indians in the comment section: *Let us introduce ourselves*

[@nithinravi4401]

😁

[@cjgaming5544]

😉

[@soniavinluan8979]

Filipinos in the comments section be like Really??!!! Let us introduce ourselves also

[@Mimi-qe7qz]

Indians, philippines, indonesian, malaysian,

[@neilkamalseal3413]

Tbh coconut is abundant in most parts of the world. Its such a plant that can survive seas and grow. The thing is americans shed their trees and also sudden media popularity hence rise in price. Or else in traditional countries where coconut oil is already popular, they are mostly self sufficient and hence cheap. I hope the farmers would directly ship to US and get good profit.

[@Isha_raj01]

In India we literally have coconut oil in every house.

[@lydhiyamary]

Especially in Kerala, the land of coconuts🌴

[@raffysungarngar3684]

There are covid positive in every corner

[@moviesworld0006]

@@raffysungarngar3684 it's covid positive all over the world even china😂😂 you can search even china reports covid cases everyday...... Global pandemic means something, isn't it? 👀

[@krishnaprasad1693]

For every single use

[@nidhinraj4291]

@@lydhiyamary the way it's made is entirely different though!

[@ajaykalla6910]

Being from a lower middle class background, in my childhood the only cheaper option I had for my hair is coconut oil.

[@georgepatrick4339]

Because the middle man gotta pay for his financed BMW somehow.......

[@Joe_kickass25]

How else am I supposed to afford my BMW 😂

[@healtheworldforabetterplace]

Sometimes true

[@DLMGAMINGCOMMUNITY]

@Shahbaz gamo ka raja your name and comment is funny

[@knightshade6232]

I tell u guyz its not expensive here promise im from Philippines 🇵🇭... US and europe market are just overpriced...

[@healtheworldforabetterplace]

@@knightshade6232 Mahal kaya yung Virgin Coconut oil. Pag coconut oil na pang luto mura lang

[@jamesdavid6985]

As a Cebuano (which means I live in the Philippine province of Cebu), It’s so surreal hearing my own native tongue spoken in a Business Insider video. I’m so used to reading the subtitles as I watch videos of other cultures, this time I don’t have to. And it’s also more surreal to think that some of what is being said isn’t perfectly translated in the subtitles, so we never know how much nuance we lose in videos with languages we don’t speak.

[@user-ex7yq6xq9s]

haha na shock gani ko bay !!! sa dumaguete pa jud ni ..

[@mansuetobadionurbangardene1748]

Agree with you sire. Hope you'll watch my video on the same content, let's see how i fare with you. God bless.

[@KurtIsFat]

damn wonder who asked

[@colorless3677]

@@KurtIsFat give yourself a break, man

[@takebacktheholyland9306]

@@KurtIsFat give yourself a break man

[@johnjk293]

Me, a Filipino eating Pandecoco(Bread with a coconut filling) while watching this video: "Interesting"

[@thealchimi1990]

In Belize, we eat that too 😂

[@sebastiannikkolas8497]

Shut up

[@팈탘-n3l]

@@sebastiannikkolas8497 shut up

[@ME_Toons]

Sana all🤣

[@ritzzzblitzz6833]

@@sebastiannikkolas8497 butthurt much cause you don't have coconut oil?🥺 PS: I am joking. People are so sensitive nowadays.

[@preetambaitharu4394]

Every Asian after watching this vid : "WAIT !!! Is coconut oil really an expensive product in western world !!!"

[@dipaknaik4394]

Yes

[@toxizremake.8320]

Coconut oil is cheap

[@jamesdelossantos5411]

coconut is only in my backyard HAHAHAHAHAH

[@jainac11]

not every asian tho...

[@summeralloe5822]

No it’s not expensive haha. They showed a really expensive brand for the comparison. You can get a 14 oz container for like $2 lol

[@KandingIFM]

Title: "Why coconut oil is so expensive" Me, who bought it from grocery store because it was one of the cheapest one I found: maybe I should start exporting to US and get crazy rich

[@VodShod]

The cost of setting up and maintaining a business selling this along with the cost of transport would not outweigh the costs, especially since this is a fad. When you completely set up shop the fad will already be over.

[@chasehim3761]

@@VodShod still going strong. Its a good oil.

[@xCestLaVie1]

You can make a lot using buzz words like: organic, cold pressed, gluten free, vegan.

[@meghasivan]

"Coconut oil is expensive..." Me a Keralite : Say what ? 😂 The name of my state comes from 'Kera' which means coconut trees. It's that common here. We all make coconut 🥥 oil for individual uses from our trees each year ❤️ . It's a beautiful process 🤠

[@Isabella-qq2oi]

We live in coconut and coconut oil😂😂😂😂

[@thelittlethings2170]

My exact thoughts.

[@dennisantony9685]

Kerala is a beautiful place -tamizhan

[@gamehacker2801]

@@dennisantony9685 😂 true kerela if beautiful. But for food i will always choose tamilnadu i can't eat kerala food which has coconut oil in it. -telugodu

[@Isabella-qq2oi]

@@gamehacker2801 after reading your comments only i understood the high note of coconut oil taste in food...😂😂 We are so used to it from our birth we don't feel anything 😂😂. I would still prefer coconut oil over mustard oil anyday... The smell is unbearable 😶😶

[@randompotato2474]

Meanwhile me watching the coconut trees in my backyard: Haah I'm rich

[@umma6988]

What’s a potato doing in a backyard among coconut trees?

[@randompotato2474]

@@umma6988 potato buisness sir

[@Fisinocean]

@@randompotato2474 is it ilegal bussiness sir? We the state potato police need to know the details and tattee of ya solanum tuberosum bussiness

[@shardoolparashar8323]

“Coconut oil is expensive.” Hmmm *Me casually oiling my hair with it.*

[@snowyfox9496]

Insider: "Why coconut oil is SOO expensive" Me: *Laughs in Sri Lankan*

[@dimasf.c4373]

Lol yeah same, 250ml is only cents dollar in my country😂

[@RN-qg8vs]

@@dimasf.c4373 well in Sri Lanka pure coconut oil is around $3-5 a liter because we use fresh coconut milk in everyday cooking for almost everything. So not enough coconut to make oil from because we eat them all :D :D

[@Erdogan-zi1ci]

Coconut oil in Sri Lanka are imported poisoned including previously used palm oil

[@snowyfox9496]

@@Erdogan-zi1ci ik T_T

[@86upsmaya]

To be honest though, we should be asking ourselves, why a coconut is about 100 LKR these days 🤣

[@ketchuplover3197]

Indians:"coconut oil is cheap here" Americans: laughing in their petrol cars

[@thunderbird1855]

😂😂 true

[@seaweed2963]

Actually 1L of coconut oil costs Rs. 300 in India, so it's not cheap

[@noice131]

100 th like

[@missprettyschannel]

That wasn't necessary at all.🖐️🙄

[@noice131]

@@missprettyschannel why ? Noo!

[@Atleastihavecoffee-147]

"Why is coconut oil so expensive" *Me- hold my coconut oil*

[@lilyblack1979]

1.In my country: 1. Coconut oil is cheap 2. Coconut oil, coconut water, coconut milk are considered unhealthy. People need to eat them in moderation. It’s common sense here. It’s so weird how suddenly it becomes a healthy product in the west lol..

[@pinkiepinkster8395]

Why is it unhealthy?

[@violetsdior]

@@pinkiepinkster8395 yea i wonder too

[@haruza5239]

@@pinkiepinkster8395 i think it's because it's high in saturated fats, even more so than red meats

[@devandeva9128]

Unhealthy??? Man common sense is becoming just to uncommon.

[@ahuramazda980]

@monster x monster too much sugar in large amounts.

[@cinnamondoll7644]

I'm confused how this is expensive. We literally always use this for cooking.

[@jamaljohnson1948]

Expensive compared to vegetable or olive oil lol its affordable for the average family to eat everyday

[@pranavmr4633]

It's different in the west

[@perseusvlasov367]

@@jamaljohnson1948 olive oil is so expensive here in India.

[@johncarlocagaoan6252]

Well you probably live in the Philippines as I do

[@ph4rohhumuli]

@@johncarlocagaoan6252 its prob expensive bc of exportation

[@divaagarpavalakumar6714]

In Tamil, We call this tree "KATPAKATHARU" which means gives us everything from root to shoot also "THENNAM PILLAI" means coconut child - because if we plant a coconut palm tree it will look after in our old ages like a child looking after its parents because of the lifelong benefits it can give to us. Today I (and whole grandchildren) am benefitting from what my grandpa planted and now I plant for my future kins. It's not just a plant it's a way of life.

[@knowledgedaily1173]

"Why coconut oil is so expensive?" Me as an asian laughing hysterically.

[@girirajgautam7194]

Business Insider: here's why coconut oil is so expensive. **laughs in Indian** 🇮🇳

[@begood8048]

Laughs in Philippines cuz coconut oil are free here hahahaha

[@commissarf1196]

**Laughs in Indonesian** 🇮🇩

[@liljoe188]

*Laughs in Bahamian* 🇧🇸

[@NickyNightShine]

*laughs in Japanese* Chotto mattte-

[@cyber_popcorn1680]

@@NickyNightShine ahhahahahaha Konnichiwa Genki desuka?

[@KyoArchive_main]

i remember my aunt cooking coconut milk to the point of caramelization wherein it turns into something we call "latik" which is pretty much Coconut flakes, and we take it out and we're left with what i'd call "brownish coconut oil". she uses it for massaging and it smells wonderful😂

[@nataliemoliterno9447]

Everytime I watch one of these videos and appreciate how much work goes into things I walk away asking "But, why isn't it more expensive tho?"

[@aswinverghesemappilai2623]

We have like 20 coconut palms in our backyard... My home state Kerala state in India is biggest producers in India.. The name Kerala literally means coconut...

[@girishm6335]

Are exporting to west and how muchyou are gaining

[@gamehacker2801]

@@girishm6335 only for local consumption.

[@ennakavi2129]

what an idiot. People in the west have apples, oranges, walnuts, pecans in their backyard.

[@nithinravi4401]

Yo fellow Indian . Sukham alle 😂

[@aswinverghesemappilai2623]

@@ennakavi2129 so? We have coconut, tapioca, tomatoes, chillies, bananas, pomegranate, mangoes, custard apple in my backyard... Each places have its own climate for which different things grow.

[@dildobaggins6137]

The title should be, “Why coconut oil is so expensive for the westerns”. These are dirt cheap where I grew up.

[@nehaanand4767]

Ikr

[@reishabaptiste]

I live in the Caribbean, we make our own coconut oil but it’s expensive compared to other oils. It’s much more cheaper if you make your own but the quantity won’t be big.

[@justsomebody7775]

How to make something expensive? - High Western Market demand - Use these words: "luxurious", "delicacy", etc

[@sweetambitions2381]

Don’t forget “organic” “all natural” and “non fat”

[@thelambsauce490]

Add gluten free

[@littlebluedolphin]

The key term you forgot: SUPERFOOD.

[@matany456]

I find the mixed english phillipino languague so interesting

[@abc_cba]

(Edit : just because of the nonsensical comments, I need to specify a scientific reason for that, viz., In Kerala, Southern Tip of India, the people consume this oil for just everything, and God, they outlive most Indians and have the most gorgeous skin ! Coconut Oil has very high content of Lauric Acid, not just that the Caprylic Triglycerides make it a very efficient fat burning fuel). The silly nonsense of the scares of saturated fat comes from myths. This fat readily burns and doesn't not trigger the cytokines like how Soybean or Canola or Sunflower oil do, due to their PUFA content which is loaded with Omega 6s, Coconut oil, is the progenitor of MCT oil used in the West today, Also, Coconut Oil doesn't oxidise as quick as other vegetable oils do which works on its ability to not allow COX-2 enzymes from wrecking havoc on our body unlike, the unhealthy PUFA fat is popularised by the sold-out American media. PUFA actually causes more harm to us due to its oxidative behaviour. Coconut Oil does not need stabilizers or preservatives, so it's just virgin coconut oil, unless additives are added to sell it for cheap. Not just that, it has properties to boost the PPAR-α And lower the TNF-2β markers in the body. It's smoke point is some 300°C which makes it the best oil for frying without the dangers of the alteration of the fat molecules. Due to strong carbon coupling. I can go on and on this.... Also, I am not a native of Kerala or of that ancestry. I am just sick of the fools in my country who believe that the Western everything excels our ancient Ayurvedic studies. I can decimate one in a debate, thankfully, I'm also glad that the people in the West to appreciate the Ayurveda more than our local Indians, obviously because the people in the West value heritage and history and our Indians are just stuck in the post colonial hangover. P.S. I am not a radical Hindutva guy (infact, I'm a Christian, a true nationalist Indian, don't need no certificate from anyone on my patriotism) And yes, just like how the Oleic Acid from Olive and Walnuts boosts longevity, I'm sure, it's something in Coconut Oil, that maybe we'd have more research on sooner.

[@alexanderphilip1809]

A fellow mallu, how nice.

[@amilton1015]

I can know more information please?

[@islandsunset]

Oil is not responsible for the long life though. 🙄

[@rkt81]

Is healthcare and education a factor, or is it just coconut oil.

[@lasanmanujitha6120]

@@islandsunset it does read on google we even drink it in Sri Lanka

[@aljaqamar9268]

Here I live in India... It's Soo cheap...and has best quality..

[@bisminperumattil6965]

Sometimes the worst From Kerala

[@IxoraNera]

@@bisminperumattil6965 it's better to make it yourself.

[@lizelli66]

Send me some please 😊

[@raphaelbrito17]

@@lizelli66 dude make yourself Ok take coconut and chopped it in two pieces and let it dry till the skin comes out from the shell and through one strong hand machine , extract it and make sure it is free from the brown part and pure

[@aljaqamar9268]

@@lizelli66 .. address😅😅

[@dadandsoladventures3111]

I was a young laborer of coconut oil. From collecting it, peeling, smoking, taking out the meat and sun drying then delivering it to the factory. Hard labor takes months to collect enough amount that the factory required not enough salary to feed the family.. I'm still thankful that i have experience all that.

[@Borwain03]

It's used as food, oil, fibre (for ropes), incense, furniture, pure unadulterated fluid (for quenching thirst)-perhaps the only fruit which remains unadulterated at large scale. The importance of this fruit remains unparalleled.

[@logunder4597]

Them cracking open the coconuts just makes me so satisfied.

[@youneverwalkalone6108]

" why coconut oil so expensive" Laugh in Malaysia

[@Fisinocean]

Laugh in indonesia

[@afeefahabdulhadi1497]

Laughs in Brunei

[@lilac.love.letters]

As as Filipino, I could attest that coconut oil is just as cheap as other oils sold in the wet markets

[@contessa8817]

In the Philippines. Coconut tree is considered the tree of life. Since you can use every part of it for something. The fruit can be used fresh or even when it's dried. Unlike other fruits which get thrown when it's over riped.

[@pusongmanhid]

Even the coconut worms can be eaten haha

[@takebacktheholyland9306]

Coconut da cocococnut coco nut co co nut da co co co co nut coconut Da coconut nut is a giant nut

[@not_permanent]

In india it's banana😁

[@hansdsouza]

Being a South Indian I will say that Coconut oil is not expensive in India. Don't know about other countries. We in South India use it more often in our Food preparations, because it's healthy and has a unique aroma. We even use to massage our head:)

[@joejoey7272]

It’s so cheap in my country , it’s expensive in the US because of the type of people who buy it

[@therealtalk000]

COCONUT OIL IS SO EXPENSIVE!: ME AS A FILIPINO: LAUGHS

[@simplengluto6495]

Hahah ako din..sa title palang napa click ako agad..eh yan nga yung pinaka cheap na oil sa atin

[@sopsaysrawrr5352]

that good feeling when a video mentions your country-

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

@@simplengluto6495 ENGLISH ONLY USA

[@q_2676]

@@arlynnecumberbatch1056 ayaw nga namin

[@q_2676]

@@simplengluto6495 trueeee. Nagmahal sa kanila dahil sa exporting and yung demand sa kanila. Law of demand and supply

[@nelw]

in 2020, Indonesia accounted for 25% of the world export in coconut oil (rank 1st) while also 50% export in palm oil (also rank 1st) but the west can only compete against coconut oil not the cheaper palm oil, so palm oil got demonize because deforestation and also a video on this channel titled "why palm oil so cheap", while coconut oil had this video "why coconut oil so expensive", but hey, we need to save farmer in Europe and north America from efficient, I mean cheap oil from south-east Asia, right?

[@itsjustmoses4313]

It's not expensive when your make our home lol

[@snaik9141]

Not everyone's from Goa/Canara/Kerala bro😂

[@eyelandgal]

I never realized how expensive coconut products were until I moved to Sweden but nowadays they're even expensive in my home country Jamaica too.

[@strumming_panda9911]

Business insider-: Coconut oil is so expensive. Me-: Parachute in India costs upto 10₹!! It goes for a month....

[@petrichor259]

People use it as cooking oil. Maybe you haven't seen much of India.

[@countryballlover2594]

Us South and Southeast asians: laughs in coconut

[@princeali8862]

If coconut oil is expensive than I'm the queen of France.

[@mongarcia9151]

00:58 "here in the Philippines.." You spoke the magic word, you have summoned Filipino netizens edit: I forgot to point out how big the industry and demand for coconut oil but the farmers don't seem to get their hard work's worth.

[@litozulueta6013]

Coconut farmers are exploited. During the Marcos era, there was the coco levy collected from farmers ostensibly to establish welfare programs for them; but the billions in farmers’ contributions were used by Marcos crony Danding Cojuangco to take control of San Miguel Corp., Southeast Asia’s biggest food and beverage company. Up tp now, even after Cojuangco’s death, the coco levy has been tied up in the courts and the money hasn’t been returned to the coconut farmers, who remain poor and exploited, as this video report shows.

[@jonnyleo8715]

West: Americans: Filipinos in the Philippines: Eating Pan de coco with Pinais with coconut milk with drinking Buko Juice laughing in coconuts. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Shircko7]

In US Coconut oil = expensive Canola oil = cheap In Malaysia Coconut oil = cheap Canola oil = expensive It's expensive because you purchase it from abroad.

[@rim2116]

In Philippines both are reasonable.

[@namenotfound8747]

@@rim2116 Real olive oil is expensive in PH though. Cost twice a much as US. But because it's not native. And only a few amount of people actually can afford it and few amount of people would actually care to pay it.

[@rim2116]

@@namenotfound8747 What's your point tho? Coconut and and canola oil are both in reasonable price. Where's the olive?

[@namenotfound8747]

@@rim2116My point is cooking oil that is not native or widely sold internationally tends to be expensive. Olive oil is a good example, peanut oil is another good one.

[@hodl3483]

This video was secretly sponsored by Canola oil industry. 😂

[@nabeelhussainn]

It really isn't expensive tho-

[@RedditMore]

in india its not that expensive but in america its pretty expensive

[@0Naheed0]

@@RedditMore it's not expensive in the USA nor UK

[@RedditMore]

@@0Naheed0 then i dont really know

[@shayminmilo6937]

Yall have no concept of value. Its expensive relative to the price of other oils.

[@janouskatayandre-andray614]

@@0Naheed0 lucky im in uk

[@patmcbride9853]

I remember buying butter flavored coconut oil at Smart and Final for less than regular oil. Then the lies about it being unhealthy were debunked and people bought so much of it that the prices skyrocketed.

[@PiOfficial]

In the U.K. coconut oil is £4/litre at Asda so 2$/pint not 14

[@rpg2428]

I've been an actor for many years, And I've ALWAYS been giving this oil after a day of filming to remove my makeup. I've never even knew that this was expensive.

[@kkcake5771]

It's not

[@thehendowski]

no youre not

[@rpg2428]

Proof?

[@kkcake5771]

@@rpg2428 search up coconut oil prices

[@rpg2428]

@@kkcake5771and?

[@ricsonescalicas9657]

As Asian, I can't easily believe coconut oils are expensive. I just even spill it on the ground sometimes as we have plenty and none of us longer wanted to drink as they had enough.

[@slimeyolo]

What a waste

[@jamespondy0]

I love how this lady bounces back and forth with language.

[@caimaccoinnich9594]

Not really. It's just most Filipinos speak broken Tagalog. Jack of all trades but master of none type of situation.

[@s1rky_san]

Yeah. Us Filipinos always add English words to the mix lol

[@louisse7481]

@@caimaccoinnich9594 they are not tagalogs thats why their filipino are broken lol they have different language that they use in their region or province

[@takayanagi-senseissurprise2104]

@@caimaccoinnich9594 She’s speaking Cebuano

[@reemsharin8616]

Ethelum malayalikal undo??nammak velichenna daily usina🤣

[@spygo4513]

Hahahah

[@ashwinkrishna2751]

pinn alla nammak mill illu poi karyam sadhikuvallo

[@hasifmohammed2378]

😂

[@Vismaya007]

@@ashwinkrishna2751 Mill mathralla. Chumma parambil valarana thenga eduth veetil thanne ondakkum velichenna... Appozha 😂

[@reemsharin8616]

@@Vismaya007 🤣🤣🤣hahhah sheriikumm...malayali poli da✌✌

[@adheebanwar8653]

As a Sri Lankan, i was confused by the title😂

[@LostNspace-jn1ds]

A “Special” tool called a BOLO knife 🤦🏽‍♂️ I.e. a Filipino/Indonesian machete 🤷🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️.....or we could just call it a Machete 🤔....just an idea 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@carjac820]

Bolo knife is a general term for more than a dozen varieties of knives. Most of them doesn't even look like a machete.

[@omnisciencexx790]

Filipinos have different swords/knives per region. Bolo is the general term to refer to that.

[@devduth5428]

We malayalys " why olive oil is so expensive..soo expensive"

[@dazzling9606]

Olive oil should use to cook in low to medium fire or else it will burn and change it taste, but coconut oil/palm oil from low, medium to high fire its okay, still will turn out more tastier the dish.

[@devduth5428]

@@dazzling9606 thank you for that

[@techmad8204]

@@dazzling9606 you can use pomace for high temperature

[@riyastp1835]

തേങ്ങാ കണ്ട് വന്നതാ.. മലയാളികളുണ്ടോ ??

[@zenjm6496]

ഇല്ല!

[@thelittlethings2170]

Yes.

[@suhailch9962]

I was looking for this comment 😁

[@tonnie_j]

Me using cocunut oil literally in everything. Mom didn't know we were rich

[@admiralduckshmidt2248]

Insider: They are struggling from the demand Me: wait don’t we have 100000 tress in everyone’s backyard and another 100000 beside the roads?

[@xxlian_]

Anyone can make a coconut oil. My mom and grandma makes homemade coconut oil. They’ll just ask someone to get a coconut (from the tree) or buy one in the wet market and then cook it (to get the oil - it takes hours). 1 coconut contains only a little oil 😅

[@kafirstunner666er]

Most people have no idea what's the benefit of coconut oil.. 1. Best for skin and hair health than any other oil in market. 2. Healthier than Olive oil.. can be sollowed that's MCT oil fat burner

[@raeespulikkal7764]

As a person in Kerala, I can say there's always a coconut tree 1km near me

[@chrismathewjoseph1283]

Its like every 50 meters, let along 1 km😂

[@prakashrawat8734]

Lol, I can buy a 1L of this for just a 1-2 Dollar and we use it as Hair Oil 😂

[@hartoramasenju4012]

In my village people still make virgin coconut oil on daily basis. They boil coconut milk until it become oil and brown sediment on the bottom. The oil used for cooking and massaging, while the brown sediment used for making various dishes

[@pauliandelrosario]

The Philippines: This is special? we just use it as feet reliever...

[@AravisBlog]

വെളിച്ചെണ്ണ Fans 🤩

[@arjitsureshbabu153]

Copra onaki aatunna namalo bala😂😂

[@ramsescampollo2506]

As a Filipino myself, I would like to state that they actually aren't speaking the national language, rather a native dialect from their region. Examples of these dialects are Ilocano from the Ilocos region, Cebuano from Cebu, Bicolano from Bicol and so on and so forth.

[@tookitogo]

Given that there are other culinary oils that are vastly more expensive than coconut, I feel like this video was written by starting with a premise, and then writing as if it were true, without ever actually verifying it...

[@shafi675]

Me laughs in South India

[@zenjm6496]

Ha ha!!

[@gramptonst.rumpterfrabble4118]

yesss chetta!!!!!

[@migovasquez0303]

Coconut oil has a medium chain triglyceride. It is actually good for your health in general. I been using coconut oil for oil pulling since I was 12 years old. I use virgin coconut MCT oil for my coffee and oatmeal together with turmeric and pepper. It is healthier.

[@chiragshriyan4487]

Dude come to mangalore I'll give for free

[@vimal1729]

Yes 😂

[@prasadkadu9737]

True, in india it's just used every day

[@vishnuprasad2312]

It'll cost them one lakh to fly only 😂

[@troll2637]

@@prasadkadu9737 We use coconut oil daily in sri lanka too.

[@chiragshriyan4487]

@@vishnuprasad2312 ya 😂😂

[@merckyrie4040]

I'm watching it here rn in the Philippines.

[@marktan8074]

No, coconut oil is NOT expensive. If it is, how can the locals in South-east Asia or the Indians afford to have it as their primary source of cooking oil all these years? It is only expensive in the west because it got elevated to a superfood and corporations are cashing in on people's willingness to pay for it. Most of what you pay for goes into ads and revenue of western corporations, not these poor farmers who harvested the fruits. Same goes to cocoa beans, coffee beans, vanilla, pepper etc etc. Wish these poor countries could get more of their fair share of the earnings

[@ThekkansKL01]

ലെ ഇത് കാണുന്ന മലയാളി 😁

[@den12466]

Rich da 😅😅

[@lydhiyamary]

Enthalle😅

[@d41angelmary90]

Pinnalla.. 😂

[@lazyplayz2778]

So thats why heavy coconut trucks are being unloaded near my moms store and me always hearing grinded coconuts everyday

[@arnelardemer6318]

My eyebrows suddenly raised when i heard someone in the video speaks Cebuano on a business insider video! 😂

[@the_nomadic_ajith]

In Kerala a liter of Homemade Cooconut oil is sold for less than 200 rupees. (2.4 USD). How can you call that expensive ?

[@bisminperumattil6965]

Where are you from ? I am from Thrissur