small plant of rice bran oil in liberia

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Where does rice bran come from?
  • Bran comes from the brown outer layer or husk of the rice kernel. Obtained as a by-product of the milling process, rice bran generally has an oil content of 18 to 22%. This oil is rich in monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and saturated fatty acids.‌
  • Is there a market for rice bran oil?
  • More and more health-conscious consumers in countries like India, China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia are picking up rice bran oil from supermarket shelves. The market for rice bran oil isn’t as large as the markets for, say, palm oil or sunflower oil. But slowly, steadily and undoubtedly, it is growing.‌
  • Does rice bran need solvent extraction?
  • As with other oleaginous materials with low oil content, rice bran is best subjected to solvent extraction to obtain a high oil yield. Given our 80+ years of experience in the edible oils industry, we at Kumar also recommend using solvent extraction with hexane for your rice bran oil production process.‌
  • How is rice bran oil extracted?
  • The extracted crude oil goes to a refinery so that the impurities in it can be removed. The cake or meal is used as feedstock in the production of animal feed, biomass and other downstream value-added products. In the rice bran oil production process, we recommend carrying out solvent extraction using the Anderson Solvex™ Expander.‌
  • What is rice bran oil?
  • Since rice bran oil is not obtained from the protected seed of a fruit, in its crude form, it is full of impurities which must be eliminated. Rice bran also contains an enzyme called lipase which converts the neutral oil to free fatty acids (FFAs) and partial glycerides.‌
  • Can hexane be used for rice bran oil production?
  • Given our 80+ years of experience in the edible oils industry, we at Kumar also recommend using solvent extraction with hexane for your rice bran oil production process. Ongoing research has resulted in the emergence of non-conventional extraction techniques for rice bran oil.