• Does Egypt rely on cotton seeds for oil production?
  • Egypt does not rely on upon them for oil production. Cotton crop that is one of the dual-purpose crops is generally grown for textile industry. The cotton seeds are then utilized to produce crude cottonseed oil either by pressing or by solvent extraction or by both of the two technologies together.
  • What is refining in edible oil processing?
  • Refining is the last step in edible oil processing. We are committed to making every drop of oil safe, healthy and nutritious. Value-adding by-products may be produced from processing stages like Degumming, Neutralization, Bleaching, Dewaxing/Winterization and Deodorization.
  • Can Egypt produce sunflower oil self-sufficiency?
  • Sunflower crop was introduced in Egypt in 1987, and the oil content of its seed ranges between 39 and 46% (The Arab league for Nutrition Industries, 2007 ). The Minister of Supply and Internal Trade indicates that Egypt will accomplish sunflower oil creation self-sufficiency by nurturing lands and refining edible oils in bordering Sudan.
  • What are the processing steps in edible oil industry?
  • As pre-mentioned, in case of edible oil industry, these processing steps include the steps of crude oil extraction from oilseed, removal of free acids by chemical and physical methods, de-colorization of neutralized oil using bleaching earth and the step of deodorizing the bleached oil.
  • How do you turn crude oil into edible oil?
  • Refining crude oil into edible oil requires deep process knowledge¡ªfrom degumming, neutralization and dewaxing to bleaching, deodorizing and GE and 3-MCPD mitigation. The Tampieri family has been producing grapeseed oil for more than 90 years. By using Alfa Laval products, their production becomes both efficient and sustainable.
  • When was crude oil produced from cottonseed?
  • Due to the progress in cotton ginning industry and the increase of cottonseed production as a byproduct of this industry, the production of a crude oil from cottonseed has been established in USA in 1799 (Jennings, 2010).