Can a cottonseed processing plant be converted to peanuts?
Included are the major oilseeds processed worldwide including soybean, sunflower, canola, peanut, copra, olive, rice bran, palm, and safflower ( Doosselaere, 2013 ). One might assume that an existing cottonseed processing plant could be converted to peanuts by the addition of an expeller ahead of the solvent extractor.
Where does peanut oil come from?
Peanut (groundnut, earth nut) oil production worldwide was about 5.4 million metric tons (MMT) in 2012/2013 and has remained fairly static over the past decade ( USDA, FAS, 2014 ). Worldwide, peanut seed production amounts to about 37 MMT primarily from China, India, US, Nigeria, and Indonesia with the remainder 15% from 15 other countries.
How were Spanish farmers’ stock peanuts processed?
Three hundred and thirty tons of Spanish farmers¡¯ stock peanuts were continuously processed in an eight-press cotton mill with peanut cleaning equipment. Peanuts (9.6% moisture), coming into the mill from truck loaders yielded 73% kernels, 38.8% oil, and about 6% residual oil.
Where did palm oil come from?
Humans used oil palms as far back as 5,000 years. In the late 1800s, archaeologists discovered a substance that they concluded was originally palm oil in a tomb at Abydos dating back to 3,000 BCE. Palm oil from Elaeis guineensis has long been recognized in West and Central African countries, used widely as a cooking oil.