Quality in, quality out for coconut oil producer

Owning the whole process is the key to producing good quality coconut oil for Kiwi entrepreneur Chris Wyllie of Tavulomo Coconut Processing Limited (Fiji). “We’re the people at the factory door, we own the trees and we own the factory.  We produce good oil” says Chris.What distinguishes Chris Wyllie’s factory from the competition is the high production standards and methods used to produce quality coconut oil. His factory in Tavulomo Village opened in October 2014. It is kitted with modern equipment where workers are required to follow strict hygiene standards. There are 12 waged workers hired for the factory and 10-15 coconut collectors that are paid 15c per coconut. They harvest around 800-1,200 coconuts daily. Chris has drawn on his previous 10 years of experience in forestry and marketing working with the Japanese wood chip company Itochu. Chris’ daughter who is studying to become a nutritionist shall also develop a system of traceability.

Growers have a supply ID for identifying where the coconuts are sourced, the yields and quality. Each batch of coconut oil also has a batch ID number relating to date of production and where it came from.  A sample from each batch is then sent to a laboratory in Auckland and tested for bacteria. With the use of Good Manufacturing Practices and Standards of Practices the result is high-grade edible culinary oil.Chris says he has great pride in seeing good quality oil.  But he is highly critical of some practices he has seen with 90 per cent of what’s on the market being poor and only good for soap and feeding to animals he says. Chris is now working with Pacific Trade & Invest to help find buyers for his coconut oil in New Zealand, Australia and Japan.

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