RBO is considered as perfect and high-class cooking oil because of its low level of linolenic acid and its potential to lower serum cholesterol level. After milling, oil is very prone to degrade into FFA and glycerol by lipase activity, making it unfit for consumption. It is advised to stabilize rice bran or RBO immediately upon production.
Where does Burkina Faso import rice?
The main destinations of Burkina Faso exports on Rice were Benin ($618k), Sierra Leone ($343k), Niger ($337k), Togo ($27.2k), and Ghana ($9.02k). In 2021, Burkina Faso imported $42.1M in Rice, mainly from India ($23.4M), United States ($11.3M), Burma ($2.06M), Pakistan ($1.63M), and Thailand ($1.1M).
How to make rice bran RBO?
Cold pressing uses mechanical screw press with mild heating followed by filtration to get clean RBO. Pre-treatment of rice bran with low temperature before cold pressing can produce RBO with superior quality ( Srikaeo and Pradit, 2011 ). A combination of short cooking time and cold pressing is more effective and efficient.
What is rice bran?
Rice bran is obtained from outer layer of the brown (husked) rice kernel during milling. It has emerged as potential by-product from rice processing industry due to the increasing demand for rice bran oil (RBO) as healthy functional food ingredients.