What are the adverse effects of crude rapeseed oil?
Phosphatides, free fatty acids, odiferous volatiles, colourant, waxes and metal compounds, which are undesirable materials in crude rapeseed oil products, have adverse effects onphysicochemical properties, sensory characteristics, and storage stabilityof the rapeseed oil.
How rapeseed is de-hulled?
In the de-hulling plant, the rapeseed (left) is first crushed and the lighter hulls (right) are separated from the heavier kernels (center). Alongside soybean, rapeseed is the most important oil globally, and rapeseed oil is also the most popular cooking oil in Germany.
Where can I test rapeseed from industrial oil mills?
The EthaNa ® pilot plant at Fraunhofer CBP is now available for test runs with the rapeseed from industrial oil mills, to provide product samples on a larger scale. New systems can also be integrated into the existing infrastructure at oil mills as alternative processing lines.
What is rapeseed oil based on?
Based on a biorefinery, the plant not only delivers high-grade, pre-raffinate-quality rapeseed oil, but also a high-grade, protein-rich rapeseed kernel concentrate, secondary plant substances dissolved in ethanol and rapeseed hulls, which represent further products.