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

South and Southeast Asians: You have expensive coconut oils?

Insider 10 years later: Everything is Expensive.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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*

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!

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

If coconut oil is expensive then my hair is platinum.

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

In India we literally have coconut oil in every house.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Being an Indian, I never thought of it as expensive

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😂

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.

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

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

" why coconut oil so expensive" Laugh in Malaysia

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

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

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

I find the mixed english phillipino languague so interesting

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

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

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

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

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:)

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

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

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

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

"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 🤠

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

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.

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.

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

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

1:14 is the funniest part of this video

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

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..

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

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

Coconut oil is really good for the hair and cooking. ❤️ This reminds me to buy my supplies

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...

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?"

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.

This video was secretly sponsored by Canola oil industry. 😂

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

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.

My grandmother would always use homemade coconut oil from our houses coconut tree. It was pretty simple work cuz all we wanted was the oil we didn't try to get other stuff from it

Basically if you live in the tropics, it's pretty easy to get coconuts.

(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.

Us South and Southeast asians: laughs in coconut

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?

I would much rather spend $10 for oil that has health benefits than $1 for oil that causes inflammation and a whole host of medical diseases.

Them cracking open the coconuts just makes me so satisfied.

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

In my part of the Philippines. We make Coconut Oil during Holy Week, most commonly Good Friday. We usually make 1 big jar that lasts us a year. The reason its made during Holy Week is we believe that it will have more healing properties.

Coconut oil isn't expensive if you buy from normal brands. In Poland you can buy it for maybe 1.5-2x the price of canola/sunflower oil, even though it's much harder to extract.

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.

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

This is one of the main reasons I travel to the Caribbean. I stock up on coconut oil and bring it back to the states. Because it's free from chemicals it has a longer shelf life and I get more for less money.

I can tell you without a shadow of doubt, I used coconut oil to get rid of oral thrush & it’s helped with inflamed gums by “oil pulling” , using it as a mouth wash.

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

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.

During TLE class back in grade 9, we had to cook ube rice cake for our performance which included coconut milk. We were tasked to sell them for a week and for the first day, we went at the front of our school where there were coconut trees and took a few coconuts. Then, we opened them by borrowing machetes from the agriculture college course to open them up. Most of us didn’t know how to crack open a coconut so one of our classmates who wasn’t even in our group did it and her hands were like magic with how easily she did it. My group wasn’t as prepared so we just borrowed a “kudkuran” (a manual tool used to scrape off the coconut flesh) from the other class and did it ourselves. Let me tell you, the labour was hard but the experience was fun! Eventually we realised we couldn’t do all that work for the week straight because we still had other classes so we just bought pre shaved coconuts in the local market for cheap. And what do you know, my group actually had the most earnings in the class : )

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

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

It's not expensive when your make our home lol

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

Cold pressed coconut oil is more expensive than normal once.

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

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.

In south india at this time coconut oil cost about 2.5 dollars a litre which is 1/4 a gallon

Wait coconut oil's expensive?? I'm Indian and I use it as a hair oil, massage oil and cooking oil. It's nowhere close to expensive

It really isn't expensive tho-

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?

"Why Coconut is expensive?" Fillipinos: LMAO

Me from kerala who use coconut oil in every thing " may be I am rich" (coconut oil is kind expensive here but from ancient times we have been using coconut oil so we still use it as a necessity)

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

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

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.

A kerala kitchen is incomplete with coconut oil and we use it for everything every day 🥥🌴 But sadly my friends from other states don't like it cause they are used to chemical processed neutral oils with zero flavor

Ethelum malayalikal undo??nammak velichenna daily usina🤣

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.

Glad to see I was not the only one confused with the title.

In our province in Philippines were lucky that anytime we can make home made coconut oil, and it's so natural and healthy.