As we all know, sunflower oil is pressed from sunflower seeds. It is one of the healthiest options for cooking oils and usages in food, as its shelf life is usually from one year to four years. Sunflower oil is rich of vitamin E and necessary healthy polyunsaturated fats. It is also commonly used in cosmetics to produce a strong barrier on the skin to help keeping moisture in. Sometimes, it is also used on premature or low birth weight infants to provide protection of the undeveloped skin against infection.
For the whole process of sunflower oil production, small factories do not apply the step of solvent extraction, which is usually used in large scale oil production because of its high cost. After the sunflower seeds are shelled, thoroughly cleaned and well prepared, the sunflower oil processing process is mainly as the following chart:
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The main process of sunflower oil production goes like these:
First, for the sunflower seeds, dehulling and cleaning, sunflower seeds dehuller and cleaner are indispensable.
Second, the well prepared sunflower seeds need to be put into sunflower oil press.
Third, as for the extraction of addition sunflower oil with solvent, the relative solvent extracting equipment is needed.
Fourth, to remove the solvent, except evaporating, the remaining hydrocarbon is retrieved with the use of a stripping column.
Fifth, the process of refining sunflower oil is to remove color, odor, and bitterness. The relative equipment corresponding to this process is necessary.
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