• Why is solvent extraction not encouraged in the palm oil industry?
  • The solvent extraction is not encouraged due to the utilization of PPMO as an edible oil. The solvent n- hexane used in the extraction process is a health hazard. Moreover, there is less processing time and steps in SFE, resulting in more energy and cost savings in the palm oil industry.
  • How to extract coconut oil from coconut milk?
  • Overall process of coconut extraction using low-pressure extraction techniques This method consists of a combination of a few separation methods, such as centrifugation and cold pressing. It makes use of the difference in freezing points of the components in coconut milk to extract coconut oil from coconut milk.
  • What is the process of low-pressure extraction of coconut oil?
  • Figure 2 exemplifies the process of low-pressure extraction. Virgin coconut oil yield with 92.54% was obtained when the centrifugation time was set to 60 min and the centrifugation speed was set to 2700 rpm . Advantages of this method includes the by-products of this process, such as the coconut shells and husks may be used as fuel.
  • How is palm oil extracted?
  • In the ¡®wet¡¯ process a liquid, usually water, is used to extract the oil from the milled palm fruits. Hot water or steam is used to leach out the oil from ruptured oily cells of the palm fruits. The hot water treatment also hydrolyzes gums, resins and any starch present as well as coagulates proteins.
  • How to extract virgin coconut oil using enzymatic treatment?
  • The destabilization of emulsion stability by collapsing protein bonds is required in order to yield virgin coconut oil (Patil and Benjakul 2019). The different methods of VCO extraction are briefly discussed below. Some authors have extracted VCO using enzymatic treatment by destabilizing the coconut emulsion with good recovery of oil.
  • Does hot extraction reduce antioxidant properties of coconut oil?
  • This heating step however will reduce the antioxidant properties of the coconut oil produced . Hot extraction process is a process in which heat is used to break the emulsion between water and oil molecules. As the emulsion is being stabilized by proteins, the heating process aims to destabilize the emulsion by denaturing the proteins .