• What are the pretreatment methods for sesame oil?
  • Solid-phase extraction, liquid¨Cliquid extraction, TLC, and saponification are the prime pretreatment methods, and another pretreatment method is the further extraction of the sesame oil from the pressed sesame meal using supercritical CO 2 extraction [ 29 ].
  • How is sesame oil pressed?
  • Sesame Oil Pressing ¨C The cooked seeds are pressed by a screw oil pressing machines, two times pressing required to get enough of the oil out from sesame seeds. Through each process, the seed has to be lifted back to the top using a lift elevator and a screw conveyor. Finally, the oil goes into a oil tank.
  • How is sesamin extracted from sesame oil?
  • The traditional extraction methods of sesamin from sesame oil include the organic solvent method and the stripping process. The former has its inevitable limitations, while the latter requires high energy consumption [ 25 ].
  • How does sesame oil work?
  • Sesame Oil Filtering and Filling ¨C The oil goes through another machine called an oil filter press machine which will filter out any remaining impurities. The finished oil can now be stored in large tanks. Then, the oil filling machine is used to pour the oil into its bottles and final packaging can be done.
  • What are the byproducts of sesame oil?
  • Additionally, the byproducts of sesame oil also contain various kinds of other bioactive substances such as sesamin, sesamolin, sesamol, and starch [ 6 ]. Although the demand for sesame oil, sesame paste, and other sesame products is increasing, sesame meal has not been fully utilized in our daily life.
  • What is the extraction method of Sesame protein?
  • Sesame protein mainly contains alkali-soluble protein, which has a high solubility under alkaline conditions, and thus preparation methods of sesame protein are mainly alkali extraction followed by acid precipitation. The extraction yield of sesame protein obtained via this method is about 67% [ 9 ].