Coconut Oil Machine

Coconut oil is mainly extracted from coconut pulp. Unlike other common edible oils such as peanut oil, soybean oil, sesame oil, olive oil, and palm oil, coconut oil contains 90% saturated fatty acids, the most important of which is lauric acid, accounting for 50%. Virgin and extra virgin coconut oil have a strong coconut aroma, while refined coconut oil has only a light fragrance.

Coconuts grow in warm and rainy areas, so most of the world's coconuts are distributed in low-latitude, warm and humid coastal areas and island countries. Common coconut planting areas are mainly the following:

1. Coastal areas of Asia and the Pacific; Philippines (the world's largest coconut producer and exporter), Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Pacific island countries such as Papua New Guinea.

2. Africa: Tanzania, Mozambique, Ghana, Togo, Madagascar, etc.

3. Americas and the Caribbean: Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Cuba, etc.

1. Peeling

The oil of coconut is mainly stored in the coconut fruit, so the first step of squeezing is to process the coconut first, peel the coconut skin and coconut fruit to separate them, so as to obtain the raw material for squeezing - coconut fruit.

2. Drying

The coconut fruit contains a lot of water. In order to avoid machine slippage, the raw coconut fruit needs to be dried. The following two methods can be used:
First, sun exposure. Spread the coconut meat directly in the sun and dry it in the sun. But you need to pay attention to hygiene, dust prevention, and mosquito prevention.
Second, use artificial drying. Use drying equipment for auxiliary operation, usually control the temperature below 70 degrees, to avoid the coconut meat from being burned due to high temperature and affecting the flavor.

3. Crushing

In order to increase the oil yield and speed up the squeezing rate, it is recommended to crush the dried coconut to obtain powdered raw materials, which can improve the squeezing efficiency and increase the oil yield.

4. Pressing

The processed raw materials can be directly put into the coconut oil machine. The raw materials are placed in the hopper and enter the pressing chamber. The oil is squeezed out by physical pressing under the pressure of the screw and the pressing ring. At the same time, the temperature in the pressing chamber can be kept below 70 degrees to ensure that the squeezed oil can retain the aroma of the coconut itself.

In addition, a hydraulic coconut oil machine can be used for pressing. The oil is squeezed out by the pressure of the hydraulic oil to obtain pure coconut oil.

5. Filtration

After coconut oil machine pressed the oil, the coconut fruit residue, tiny suspended matter, colloid and phospholipids can be removed by filtering with an oil filter, and clear and transparent coconut oil that is easy to store can be obtained.

6. Refining

Refining equipment can be added according to different needs. In order to obtain coconut oil with a higher smoke point and more suitable for frying, it is recommended to refine the filtered coconut oil, degumming, deacidification, decolorization and deodorization.

1. Selection of raw materials

When selecting coconuts, it is recommended to select mature coconuts, as the coconut fruit has a high oil content and is more suitable for obtaining oil.

Try to avoid unripe coconuts, as the coconut fruit has a high moisture content and low oil content. Avoid using rotten coconuts, which contain moldy substances and affect the quality of coconut oil.

In addition, after taking out the coconut fruit, it should be processed as soon as possible to avoid the growth of bacteria and other factors that affect the quality of subsequent oil.

2. Storage

Coconut oil should be stored in food-grade, light-proof, well-sealed glass bottles, PET bottles, etc., and should be stored in a cool environment.

3. Quality control

During the pressing process, aflatoxin, solvent residues, and microbial indicators should be strictly monitored.

The specification of the coconnut oil machine are as belows:

Hot Tags: coconut oil machine, China coconut oil machine manufacturers, expeller pressed oil machine, types of oil expeller, vegetable oil press machine, oil expeller press, industrial olive oil press machine, soybean oil expeller