Cold pressed peanut oil is composed mostly of unsaturated fatty acids, predominantly oleic and linoleic acids. Moreover, the oil is also rich in bioactive components such as tocopherols, phenolic acids, and phytosterols. Cold pressed peanut meal, also known as defatted peanut meal or pressed peanut meal, is a by-product of peanut oil extraction.
What is peanut oil processing technology?
This chapter covers the technology used for processing peanut oil. It starts by explaining the pretreatment technology and peanut pressing technology for high temperature and cold pressing peanut oil. It then discusses the peanut oil extraction technology, which includes leaching and separation technology.
What is automatic peanut oil press machine?
Automatic peanut oil press machine is a kind of superior oil pressing machine nowadays in the market. It is used for processing cooking oil from various oil bearing materials such as peanuts, soybeans, sunflower seeds, rapeseeds, oil palm, sesame seeds and so on.
How is cold pressed peanut oil extracted?
Commercial cold pressed extraction of peanut oil is carried out using a twin-screw press at temperatures below 60°C ( Wang, Liu, Hu, et al., 2016; Zheng, Ren, Su, Yang, & Zhao, 2013 ). Lastly, a frame filter is used to press and filter three times under 30°C to obtain the cold pressed peanut oil ( Wang, Liu, Hu, et al., 2016 ).
