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Has this CO gone bad?
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Where are you located and where did it travel from & did it travel by truck? Melted at this time of year does not surprise me. Mine melts inside my house in the summertime.
Color, I don't know. What exactly did you order? Refined, raw, organic, virgin, or? I haven't had beige CO, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. When melted, it's usually clear and sort of yellowish but as it re-solidifies it becomes white again. I just checked a bottle in my kitchen and the melted parts are yellowish, while the softer (not hard, but not fully melted) parts are white.
If you take a half cupful or so & refrigerate it, does it turn white again? If so and it smells fine, I'd not worry about it. If it remains beige, I'd check the vendor site and see if it says it is white or not, then follow up with the vendor as appropriate.
Color, I don't know. What exactly did you order? Refined, raw, organic, virgin, or? I haven't had beige CO, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. When melted, it's usually clear and sort of yellowish but as it re-solidifies it becomes white again. I just checked a bottle in my kitchen and the melted parts are yellowish, while the softer (not hard, but not fully melted) parts are white.
If you take a half cupful or so & refrigerate it, does it turn white again? If so and it smells fine, I'd not worry about it. If it remains beige, I'd check the vendor site and see if it says it is white or not, then follow up with the vendor as appropriate.
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It looks like there may be some solid at the bottom, or perhaps unevenly mixed of solidified and melted (like it's almost below the melting point but not quite cool enough to completely solidify, and not warm enough to be completely liquid). If you mix it thoroughly, what color is it? If you remove some and warm it a bit more so that it is no longer cloudy, what color is it? Mine is typically a yellowish color in a clear measuring cup, darker yellow (similar to what you have) in the bucket - I assume from the white color of the bucket. I would not be concerned about it being melted - as earlene said, it's typical this time of year.
The CO that is currently in my warm garage is exactly that color. Have never had a problem with it being bad despite spending the summer out there. Wouldn't worry about it myself unless it smells bad when you open it.
Looks normal for this time of the year. Right now, all my Coconut Oil in the garage is melted, except for the very bottom of the container which is sitting on the floor (on cardboard). My Palm Oil, also in the garage, is the consistency of pancake batter. Cocoa and Shea Butter is in the freezer.
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How does it smell? It should have a distinct, pleasant coconut smell (or odourless if refined). If it's only ever so slightly pungent, acrid, like overused frying oil, or like cheese or sour milk (cow, goat), that might be a bad sign, or it might turn out fine in soap. Collecting indications for the CO gone bad…
How does it taste? It's good when just neutral greasy or with a slight hint of coconut. But any bitter, acidic or sharp-spicy aftertaste aren't good.
Lauric oils like coconut can go rancid, but does so more slowly than most long-chain oils/fats/butters, and the signs of rancidity are different from it too.
I'd recommend you to take out two samples from the bucket into transparent jars. Put one in the fridge and judge how it looks one solidified, like @earlene has already suggested. Heat up the other to 40°C/until fully melted, and look if it stays turbid and/or if a unusual amount of solid junk is floating around.
If you feel uncomfortable, you can still contact the seller and discuss possible quality issues with them.
How does it taste? It's good when just neutral greasy or with a slight hint of coconut. But any bitter, acidic or sharp-spicy aftertaste aren't good.
Lauric oils like coconut can go rancid, but does so more slowly than most long-chain oils/fats/butters, and the signs of rancidity are different from it too.
I'd recommend you to take out two samples from the bucket into transparent jars. Put one in the fridge and judge how it looks one solidified, like @earlene has already suggested. Heat up the other to 40°C/until fully melted, and look if it stays turbid and/or if a unusual amount of solid junk is floating around.
If you feel uncomfortable, you can still contact the seller and discuss possible quality issues with them.
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Thank you so much for the feedback everyone! I'm holding onto it based on your feedback. Before using it I will have to see whether it turns solid white in the fridge or not 
