According to Alberta.ca’s website, “Coconut oil is a tropical oil made from the dried fruit of the coconut palm tree“. Crede go on to explain that the oil is pressed from the “white meat of the coconut” and can be made into two types of oils: 1. Virgin Organic – this oiled is pressed from the fresh meat of raw coconuts. It is characterised by its distinct coconut smell (which in my opinion smells divine). This type of oil retains many of its micronutrients. 2. Refined Coconut Oil – as the name suggests, this oil has undergone some kind of process where the oil is extracted from the dry meat of the coconut and is refined before being sold for human consumption. Naturally, because of this refinement, the oil loses some of its valuable micronutrients as well as that distinct coconut smell.