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  2. Edible oil refining - Wikipedia

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    Edible oil refining is a set of processes or treatments necessary to turn vegetable raw oil into edible oil.. Raw vegetable oil, obtained from seeds by pressing, solvent extraction, contains free fatty acids and other components such as phospholipids, waxes, peroxides, aldehydes, and ketones, which contribute to undesirable flavor, odor, and appearance; [1] for these reasons, all the oil has ...

  3. Palm oil - Wikipedia

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    Palm oil block showing the lighter color that results from boiling. Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms. [1] The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from oil crops in 2014. [2]

  4. Oilseed press - Wikipedia

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    The pestle forces out oil and allows it to run out of a small hole in the base of the mortar. [2] [3] [6] When a sufficient amount of oil is extracted, the meal is removed and a new batch of oilseed is added. [3]-No preliminary grinding of oilseed is required. [3]-Fair yield of high-quality oil [3]-Low operating costs and can be manufactured ...

  5. Vegetable oil refining - Wikipedia

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    Vegetable oil refining may refer to: Fat hydrogenation, combining vegetable oil with hydrogen to make it more saturated; Edible oil refining, process to refin a raw oil to produce an edible oil, which differ from Olive oil production. Biodiesel production by transesterification; Production of hydrotreated vegetable oil, a biofuel

  6. Palm kernel - Wikipedia

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    Palm kernel cake. Palm kernel cake is a high-fibre, medium-grade protein feed best suited to ruminants. [3] [4] Among other similar fodders, palm kernel cake is ranked a little higher than copra cake and cocoa pod husk, [5] but lower than fish meal and groundnut cake, especially in its protein value.

  7. Cooking oil - Wikipedia

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    Cooking oil (also known as edible oil) is a plant or animal liquid fat used in frying, baking, and other types of cooking.Oil allows higher cooking temperatures than water, making cooking faster and more flavorful, while likewise distributing heat, reducing burning and uneven cooking.

  8. Environmental Health

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    Background Chlorine and caustic soda are produced at chlor-alkali plants using mercury cells or the increasingly popular membrane technology that is mercury free and more energy-

  9. Degassing - Wikipedia

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    The most efficient method of industrial oil degassing is vacuum processing, which removes air and water solved in the oil. [6] This can be achieved by: spraying of oil in large vacuum chambers; distributing the oil into a thin layer over special surfaces (spiral rings, Raschig rings etc) in vacuum chambers.