"TREE OF HOPE"
- Anne Directo, Owner of the Heavenly Bicol Products
- Mar 8, 2017
- 2 min read
Pili Pulp Oil is found only in the Philippines, where it is common in primary forests at low and medium altitudes from northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Mindoro, Ticao, Sorsogon, Albay, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Bicol, Quezon, Samar and Masbate. Both Canarium Luzonicum and C. ovatum are locally known as Pili.
Virtually unknown in the West, this Asian delicacy reigns supreme in oil content -- over 70 percent -- among all the world's nuts. There is a hint of almond in the taste of the pili nut. The Pili oil industry is starting to take off thru the assistance of local government.
ABOUT THE PILI NUT TREE
The pili nut graces a symmetrically-shaped, deciduous evergreen tree that ascends 60 feet skyward. The resinous wood of the tree and the hard stony shells provide useful sources of fuel.
Pili Nut Tree is indigenous to the Philippines, less known but just as versatile as the legendary coconut. Pili tree can be considered as another tree of life as all parts of the Pili Tree are useful to humans. From the nuts to the pulp to the shell to the bark.
In this decade of too much commercialism, food and personal care products quality were sacrificed in the name of more production and profits. Science and technology can almost synthesized almost anything they want to even to the extent of tinkering on God’s gracious creation and provision for our sustenance. This sometimes had proven detrimental to the health of humanity and mother earth.
The Pili Pulp Oil contains 56% Oleic Glyceride, 13.5% Linoleic., Linoleic glyceride and 29.3% Saturated fatty acids. It has a very low free fatty acids (FFA) content of 0.06% and moisture content of only 0.04% which assures a longer shelf life.
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