Analysis of physicochemical parameters of extra virgin coconut oil handcrafted in P.A. Padre Nestor / SE

Abstract

Aiming at generating viable technologies, fostering integrated and sustainable local development
in the lower São Francisco Sergipano, through the integration of education, research and
extension actions, the Agroecological Studies Center of the Federal Institute of Sergipe / São
Cristóvão Campus - NEA / IFS identified, through the application of participatory methodologies
in the community of the Nestor priest, in the municipality of Pacatuba-SE, the potential
of women to manufacture virgin coconut oil. Since then, training courses on good practices of
manufacturing and processing artisanal extra virgin coconut oil were carried out, in addition to
laboratory analyzes, in order to collaborate to improve the quality of the oil manufactured by the
settlers. The objective of this study was to analyze the physical and chemical parameters of the
extra virgin coconut oil manufactured by the Nestor settlers, collaborating in the process of income
generation and empowerment, Pacatuba / SE. The results obtained in the physico-chemical
analyzes met the guidelines of Resolution RDC No. 482 of ANVISA (BRASIL, 1999), which
approves the Technical Regulation for Identity and Quality Fixation of Vegetable Oils and Fats.