Coconut oil is the oil pressed from fresh or dried (copra) coconut meat − the white part of the fruit. The plant-based fat is ...

Coconuts are a fascinating kind of food. For one, they're a fruit, not a nut as the name suggests. Then, there's their unique composition; a hard shell encasing coconut meat and water. Unlike most ...

Given it takes about 10 years for a new coconut tree to fruit, planting new trees is going to be crucial to keep up with this soaring demand. But despite these problems, the market is poised to ...

A number of supermarkets have removed some coconut water and oil from their shelves after it emerged the products were made with fruit picked by monkeys. The monkeys are snatched from the wild and ...

Well, harvesting coconuts is dangerous work. Farmers risk their lives climbing 80-foot palm trees to get the fruit. And processors brave saws to remove the pesky shells. We visit Sri Lanka to see ...