FAQ

Various kinds of edible oils are necessary in our daily life. We buy edible oils in the supermarket and use them to make delicious food. Do you know how are edible oils extracted from plants?
Now I will introduce the methods to you.

There are three main lines to make edible oils. The first line is Oil Seeds Pretreatment Line. The second line is edible  oil solvent extraction line. The third line is Crude Oil Refinery Line.

Complete set of edible oil extraction machine

1. Oil Seeds Pretreatment Line: The purpose of this line is to adjust the oil seed and improve the oil yield rate. After pretreatment, the quality of final oil is better. Usually the oilseeds pretreatment line includes cleaning, shell flaking roller, cooker or press. For different kind of oil seeds, the process of pretreatment is different.

Oil Seeds Pretreatment Line in edible oil extraction process

2. Edible oil solvent extraction Line: After pretreatment, the oil seeds are sent to cEdible oil solvent extraction Line to get crude oil. There are two ways to make crude oil. One is pressing way. This way is suitable for high oil content seeds. The other one is solvent extraction way. This way is suitable for low oil content seeds. According to the oil content of oil seeds, we can suggest the adjustable way for you.
 

Mian equipment in edible oil solvent extraction plant

3. Crude Oil Refinery Line: The crude oil contains many impurities. The impurities in crude oil are bad to health, so we need move them out. The deacidification, decolorization and deodorization are the mainly sections of crude oil refinery line.

Edible oil refinery plant

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