Currently, Egypt consumes about 2.5 million tons of edible oils annually. Only, about 48.5 thousand tons of this quantity is produced by oilseed extraction in local extraction plants. About half of this quantity is produced mainly from cottonseed produced as a byproduct of cotton ginning industry.
What is a cold press oil extraction machine?
Advanced engineering machines are used in the production of fixed oil, known as cold press or cold pressing. The cold press oil extraction process consists of several stages. First of all, you need to have one of our UM100 and UM200 machines to extract oil from any seed or nut.
Which oil is imported by Egypt?
It is clear that palm oil is the major oil imported by Egypt whereby it represents about 60% of total imported oils in 2018 while the quantity imported from corn oil is the least being about 3% in the same year. Palm oil is imported from Indonesia and Malaysia after being refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD).
Should you use a cold press machine to extract oil?
While producing products where purity is important, such as sesame oil and black seed oil, you should use cold press machines if you want to extract oil without damaging the nature of oil. As other oil extraction techniques and methods other than the cold press machine damage the structure of the seed and it cannot be ensured a natural oil.