• How is rice bran oil extracted?
  • There are about 15¨C20% crude oil in rice bran; normally, the rice bran oil is extracted by pressing or solvent extraction methods, such as supercritical carbon dioxide extraction and enzymatic extraction, and then refined by decolorization, deodorization, or other processes.
  • What are the technologies of rice bran oil?
  • After that, the fatty acid composition, bioactive compounds, and the processing technologies of rice bran oil are described and the refining technology of rice bran oil (degumming, deacidification, dewaxing, etc.) as well as the technologies to remaining the bioactive compounds in rice bran oil are introduced.
  • What is deacidification of rice bran oil?
  • Deacidification is the process of removing free fatty acids from crude rice bran oil. The deacidification methods of rice bran oil include alkali refining, distillation, mixing, re-esterification, and extraction. The alkali refining method has comprehensive effects such as deacidification and decolorization, but the refining loss is much higher.
  • Can -oryzanol be extracted from rice bran oil?
  • All the here reported green extraction techniques allow a high-quality rice bran oil and high concentrations of ¦Ã-oryzanol to be obtained and show comparable yields with the extraction methods that employ hexane.
  • Which solvent is used in rice bran oil extraction?
  • The solvents applied in the extraction processes are generally organic compounds derived from non-renewable sources . Hexane is the most common solvent used in rice bran oil extraction . This solvent is cheap and efficient, but it is a petroleum-based solvent, volatile, flammable, and dangerous for humans and for the environment .
  • What is the oleic acid value of rice bran oil?
  • Additionally, the extraction method also has a good effect on deacidification. Liu (2005) obtained rice bran oil with an acid value reduced from 31.02 to 4.52 mg/g at the ratio of oil to solvent (95% ethanol) of 1:1.8. After alkali refining, the oleic acid value of rice bran oil was reduced to 0.23 mg/g.