BetterBody Foods Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, 28 Ounce (Pack of 1) - Cold-Pressed, Unrefined for Cooking, Baking, Skin & Hair Care

This has a lovely coconut smell and light coconut flavor but I only noticed the slight flavor on fried eggs and then just the whites. I have used it in smoothies, to fry chicken and other meats and veggies or anywhere you would use butter. I also use this as a hand and skin conditioner/ lotion. I would suggest keeping this in the fridge after opening. I kept the first jar in my pantry and noticed after a couple of days the coconut scent was gone and after two weeks it started to smell a little off, the taste was fine but I did start putting it in the fridge after I noticed the off smell. It is harder to get the chilled oil from the jar so I put it in mini loaf pans or a brownie bites pan and refrigerate until it is hard, remove from pan by placing pan in a shallow sink of hot water for 10 to 20 seconds ( depending on how hot your water is), the water only needs to be half way up the side of the loaf pan. The oil has a low melting point so the hotter the water the less time needed to loosen the bars from the pan. Invert the pan onto a cookie sheet, chill loaves on cookie sheet for 10 min. ( or place in freezer for 2 min.). Once the loaves are good and solid again wrap in wax paper or place in ziplock bag and store in fridge or freezer. You can then take out what you need for that day and the rest stays fresh!Update: 9-27-13. I have received two more jars and have found neither one of them has needed to be refrigerated. I do make sure I do not cross contaminate and that the jar is stored in the pantry away from the heat of the stove and the sunlight that streams through my kitchen window in the morning. I'm not sure if I just got an old or mishandled jar or if I introduced something into the oil by cross contamination. Also, it is an organic, raw oil and like all oils it will go rancid over time, so I am chalking the first jar up to being transported in hot tractor trailers and my own mistakes. If you don't use a lot of this oil I would suggest putting some into a small container like a baby food jar and refrigerating the rest, that way you know it will be good when you need it. I also keep a separate jar to use on my skin, I used an empty face cream jar, cleaned it, filled it with coconut oil, chilled it for 24hrs to solidify it and as long as the room temp stays below 76 degrees it will stay simi-solid. It will liquify on your skin, so a little goes along way.I try many brands of coconut oil. This has great flavor and my food tastes fantastic. If you like coconut flavor in your oil. Buy this.I love the fresh coconut scent. It’s not rancid. I will be unsuitable on my body while working out.My poor puppy arrived at 10 weeks of age with severe skin flaking. Every morning I would have to vacuum up a dense layer of dead skin in and around his crate. The vet gave us some omegas to take for a month - no change. The breeder said no other litter mates had skin problems but suggested giving him canola oil. Well, with it's link to certain cancers, that wasn't going to happen.I started researching and found an article in Dog's Naturally Magazine and one by Dr. Becker at HealthyPets . Mercola . com on the multitude of benefits of coconut oil. This particular brand met all the requirements of a good oil - organic, GMO-free, extra virgin, cold pressed, no additives to keep it in liquid form.After just a few weeks, Mystery's skin stopped flaking. He's been on this brand for about three months now, 1-2 tablespoons a day and at 11 months old, his skin is still clear and his coat is unbelievably soft.As for smell and taste, it smells just like a bag of sweetened Mounds coconut and it tastes like unsweetened coconut. In its solid state, it is white through and through, no flecks of brown that another brand mentioned might be present. The dog and cats love the taste though, I don't care for the texture of the solid coconut oil but have started taking a good supplement hoping it'll clear up my eczema.I would have given five stars except for price.Extra virgin coconut oil has been shown to help reverse some damage with dementia.We watched in amazement on 60 Minutes as they profiled a couple whose husband couldn't even draw a clock on paper.After the wife, a nurse, did research , she started giving her husband this oil with every meal. Soon he could draw a complete clock and do their household chores whereas before, he could not even dress himself.The nurse found where research suspects some dementia to be some form of diabetes of the brain...it worked for this man.We started using it as a precaution.We began using coconut oil several months ago. The first jar we had (by a different manufacturer) sold us on the product. This particular brand is every bit as smooth and high quality, but it retains the distinctive coconut flavor, while the first jar did not. I find the residual flavor of coconut undesirable for many applications, such as frying eggs. My wife likes to spread it on toast, but I am tiring of the persistent coconut taste intruding. This brand says it is "cold-pressed and unrefined". I think the other brand said it was "expeller" processed (not sure what that means), but it did not have any flavor - very neutral taste. That's what I prefer. One note, this oil is not suitable for high temperature cooking; all brands that I know of say use medium heat of 350 degrees.I usually buy this product at Sam's but I think they have discontinued it. :( I don't mind paying a little more, this coconut oil is really good. I use it a little for cooking, but not much. I use it mostly for a facial moisturizer and oil pulling. It does have a hint of coconut smell to it and if I put in a cake or cookie recipe, my family can spot it a mile away that I've added coconut to it. Not that it's powerful, my family is pretty sensitive to it. I would recommend this product anyone and everyone.Lovely texture really smooth and not overly coconutty highly recommendThis is the second jar I have ordered, tried some from a supermarket but taste was too strong and texture different would recommend this brand.Thank you for the quick delivery. I love the consistency and the smoothness of this Oil. Great for cooking and for skin and hair.GreatLovely light coconut smell, goes away with cooking.