COCONUT CAKES

Coconut cakes is the byproduct of Oil Extraction. It constitutes mainly fibre, 20% Protein and 10% Oil. Mechanical extraction of oil cannot recover oil in full. This oil cake can be used for further oil recovery with a solvent extraction process. Oil cake can also be directly used as cattle feed. Oil cake is packed in plastic bags of 50 kg. It is attractive for cattle because of the roasted coconut smell. Appearance as you can see below is redbrown in colour, it is roasted but not charredburnt. Coconut cake is the residue left after the extraction of oil from copra which is mainly used as a cattle feed. Coconut cake contains 4-5 per cent oil which is extracted by solvent extraction process. This oil is generally used for industrial purpose and de-oiled cake is used to make mixed cattle feed. There are a few such units in the country especially in Kerala.