This plant-based oil is used as a cooking fat. It's also a common and effective moisturizing ingredient in lotions and hair care products. As a food ingredient, coconut oil has been marketed as having several health benefits, including helping with weight loss and preventing dementia.

The distinctive flavor and odor of organic coconut oil are retained well but the regular coconut oil is odorless as well as tasteless. Organic coconut oil is costly despite being less processed when compared to regular coconut oil. Organic coconut oil retains all the nutrients that are not possible with coconut oil.