• Why is refining edible oil important?
  • Refining of edible oil by chemical or physical processes aims towards removing the undesirable impurities that affect oil quality and stability. Understanding the chemical nature of oil and associated impurities is important to designing refining steps.
  • What is vegetable oil refining?
  • As vegetable oil is an important component of the human diet, the source and the processing play an important role in consumer acceptability. To remove impurities that affect the color, palatability, stability, and safety of oil, crude vegetable oil must be refined. This review highlights the processes and steps used in vegetable oil refining.
  • Why is oil refining important?
  • The conventional methods of oil refining mainly employ chemicals that affect the oil quality, stability, recovery and also generate high volume, low value by-products. After the extraction of oil from oil seeds, refining of this crude oil is performed to remove those impurities that impact the quality of oil.
  • What is crude oil refining?
  • Refining of crude oil is done to remove unwanted minor components that make oil unappealing to consumers. The conventional methods of oil refining mainly employ chemicals that affect the oil quality, stability, recovery and also generate high volume, low value by-products.