Cooking oil will never go out of style. Whether you’re eating salads or chips, whether you’re sauteing vegetables, frying doughnuts or cooking meat, edible oil is most likely involved in some form or the other. But does the undying demand for edible oils guarantee a satisfactory cooking oil business profit margin? In today’s competitive market […]
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Over the past few decades, the global demand for vegetable oils has grown exponentially. From 2000-2001 to 2020-2021, the worldwide consumption of vegetable oils more than doubled from 87 million tonnes to 208 million tonnes. Vegetable oil production has kept up with this demand – by the end of 2024, it is estimated to reach
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What is solvent extraction? Solvent extraction, also referred to as liquid-liquid extraction, is the transfer of a chemical from one solvent to another. These solvents must be immiscible liquids – typically water and an organic solvent, with different solubility levels and distribution coefficients for the chemical solute in question. Considered superior to distillation due to
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As a leading EPCC company in India delivering turnkey projects to oils and fats producers globally, Kumar has many specialities. These include edible and non-edible vegetable oil extraction, pre-treatment, refining, oils and fats modification, biodiesel, oleochemicals, and waste product recovery. Biju George Palayil is an oils and fats industry veteran who took over the reins
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Introduction What do your toothpaste, the pages in your notebook, biocides, and concrete additives have in common? They’re all products of an oleochemical plant. The term oleochemicals refers to the category of chemicals derived from plant and animal fats. It is an umbrella term for all the valuable products and by-products obtained from certain value
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Introduction Edible plant-based oils are an integral part of cultures and cuisines the world over. They not only contribute to creating rich flavours but are also an important source of essential nutrients for human beings. But from olive, sesame and coconut oils to sunflower, rice bran, palm oil and beyond, each oil-bearing plant has a
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Introduction In recent decades, many organisations have had a single-minded focus on improving efficiency. Eliminating redundancies has been one of the primary ways to achieve this; think layoffs, factory closures, and reliance on few suppliers for cost savings. This hyperfocus on maximising productivity in the short term, however, has come at the expense of flexibility,
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In the past few decades, the global population has soared, urbanisation has accelerated, and the demand for energy in all its forms has increased. An increase in environmental pollution is associated with this increase in energy demand and consumption. As the world attempts to transition away from fossil fuel dependence, biodiesel manufacturing presents itself as
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For anyone entering the oils and fats processing industry, the most fundamental piece of equipment to understand is the oil press machine. For anyone ready to invest in their very first press, the most crucial thing to assess is the oil press machine price. Before we get there, however, let us lay some context. Why
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Introduction You’re looking for an equipment partner for your edible oil refinery. You’ve done your initial research – listed all the edible oil refinery plant manufacturers in India you could find, scoped their websites, maybe even asked for quotations from some of them. But you can’t just make a decision based on edible oil refinery
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