Edible Oil Refinery
Solvent extraction process produces crude Oil, which contains a number of harmful undesirable substances like Free Fatty Acids (FFA), gums, sediments and colouring materials, phosphatides, hydrocarbons etc. Before being consumed that need to be removed from crude oil.
Refining is the process to remove such undesired substances from the extracted oil in the Solvent Extraction Plant, without losing out on the useful factors or affecting the composition.
Refining is a set of processes or treatments necessary to turn vegetable raw oil into edible oil obtained from various seeds/cake i.e. soybean, sunflower, mustard, rice bran etc. by pressing or solvent extraction.
