Rapeseed Oil Refined Mill Factory in Algeria

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.
What is rape seed used for?
A small but growing quantity of European rape seed goes into oil-mills that use cold pressing as a simple and cheap method of plant oil production. Their main product, rapeseed oil, sells as a food, a feeding stuff or as fuel.
Where does rapeseed come from?
According to Yonezawa Oil of Kumagaya-shi, Saitama Prefecture, which manufactures oil from the rapeseeds grown in Yokohama-machi, imports of rapeseed from Canada and Australia came to about 2.5 million tons in 2007. The rapeseed grown in Japan, meanwhile, totaled only about 996 tons. Japan now produces only 0.05 percent of the rapeseed it consumes.
How is rapeseed oil made?
Unlike ordinary oil, which is heat sterilized at about 140 degrees Celsius, here the rapeseed oil only reaches about 70 degrees as it is pressed in the mill. Rapeseeds are poured into the oil press. Seeds with high moisture content can jam the screw press, so the harvested seeds are sun dried in place of roasting.