Egypt edible oil extraction production line

Edible Oil Production in Egypt: An Overview

  • Egypt edible oil extraction production line
  • Egypt edible oil extraction production line
  • Egypt edible oil extraction production line
  • Egypt edible oil extraction production line

Edible Oil Production in Egypt: An Overview Request PDF

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  • What is the production-consumption gap in edible oil in Egypt?
  • The production-consumption gap for edible oil in Egypt is estimated to be 97%. This is due to the population growth of around 1.5 million people annually (CAPMAS, 2014; El-Hamidi and Zaher, 2018) according to the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation.
  • Does Egypt rely on cotton seeds for oil production?
  • Egypt does not rely on upon them for oil production. Cotton crop that is one of the dual-purpose crops is generally grown for textile industry. The cotton seeds are then utilized to produce crude cottonseed oil either by pressing or by solvent extraction or by both of the two technologies together.
  • How much oil does Egypt eat a year?
  • 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 are the processing steps in edible oil industry?
  • As pre-mentioned, in case of edible oil industry, these processing steps include the steps of crude oil extraction from oilseed, removal of free acids by chemical and physical methods, de-colorization of neutralized oil using bleaching earth and the step of deodorizing the bleached oil.

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