Palm oil extraction
- Palm oil is expressed by cooking and pressing.
- fruits sterilized with steam at 266 to 293 1 hr. for inactivate hydrolytic enzymes.
-shaking and reheated to 95 to 100 for 20-30 min. in a digester to loosen the pericarp from the nuts and to break the oil cells.
-the liquid and semisolid phases are then separated with a screw press similar to those used for oilseeds extraction.
-the liquid phase is centrifuged and vacuum dried to remove moisture.