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Quality

Quality ishow we work

For us, quality is more than what's in the bottle. It's how we run the whole business, from the farms we buy from to the last bottle we fill. We source our own coconuts, so we know exactly what goes into every product.

A GKV team member in a hair net with bowls of freshly grated coconut
C.O.P.E.

Four things we take pride in.

We pay for premium, mature coconuts and buy them directly from farmers we know. That costs more, and it's why ava tastes the way it does. Craft, Origin, Purity and Experience run through everything we make.

Two GKV staff in hair nets and gloves feeding coconut into the grater
Craft

A trained team works every batch by hand and by eye, in a clean, controlled factory in Takoradi.

A GKV worker splitting whole coconuts, with a cage of coconuts behind him
Origin

Our coconuts come from smallholder farms in the Central and Western Regions. We know the farmers and pay them fairly.

Purity

Our in-house lab checks every batch, including moisture: this one read 0.19%. Nothing is added to the oil.

The bottling line filling glass bottles of ava virgin coconut oil
Experience

Light, clear oil that smells of fresh coconut, and chips with a proper crunch. We want every jar to feel worth it.

From farm to bottle

How ava is made.

Step 1

Sourced direct

We buy mature coconuts straight from out-grower farms in the Central and Western Regions, then split them at the factory.

Step 2

Pared by hand

Our team takes the white flesh out of the shell and pares off the brown skin.

Step 3

Fresh flesh

Only clean, fresh white flesh goes on to the next step, the same day.

Step 4

Grated fresh

The flesh is grated into fine, moist coconut.

Step 5

Cold-pressed

The grated coconut is pressed without heat to release its milk and oil.

Step 6

Centrifuged

A centrifuge spins out clear virgin oil and leaves the water and solids behind.

Step 7

Tested in our lab

Every batch is checked in our in-house lab, including a moisture test.

Step 8

Bottled

The oil is filled into jars, bottles and gallons, sealed and labelled.

Certified and tested

Checked at home and abroad.

FDA
Food and Drugs AuthorityApproved for the mass market in May 2017.
GSA
Ghana Standards AuthorityCertified production quality standards.
DE·ZA
Labs in Germany and South AfricaProducts reviewed twice a year by accredited labs.
QA
In-house labRun by a food scientist, batch by batch.
24 tvirgin coconut oil a month
1.8 tdesiccated coconut a month figure to confirm
2×yearly checks abroad
0waste: every part of the nut is used