Lawan et al. (2015) , reported that groundnut oil extraction involves shelling the groundnut pods, roasting the shelled groundnut seeds, deskinning and winnowing the roasted groundnut seeds, milling the cleaned groundnut seeds and kneading the paste produced. … PDF | Groundnut oil extraction involves removing oil content of the groundnut seed.
What is groundnut oil?
Groundnut oil is edible oil produced from groundnut seeds. This vegetable oil is also known as Arachis oil and peanut oil (Aluyor et al., 2009) . It contains only small proportion of non-glyceride constituents. It is mild-tasting excellent food oil, with good flavour and high quality because of its low free fatty acid value.
What is groundnut oil manufacturing process?
Groundnut oil manufacturing process is divided into two methods, the first is mechanical pressing and the second is solvent extraction. Mechanical pressing can extract 85% oil and the remaining oil is extracted by the solvent extraction method.
Where do groundnuts grow in West Africa?
In this paper, we focus on groundnut production in the semi-arid regions of three West African countries (Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria), which account for about 50% of the total area of groundnut and about 55% of the total groundnut production in West Africa (FAOSTAT, 2018).