Small Scale Vegetable Oil Extraction (NRI, 1995, 105 p.): Acknowledgements

Small Scale Vegetable Oil Extraction (NRI, 1995, 105 p.)

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1 - Oilseed composition

(introduction...)

Extraction efficiency

Oils and fats - origin and definition

Triglycerides and fatty acids

Chapter 2 - Oilseed marketing

Introduction

The oilseed market system

Financial analysis

Chapter 3 - Oil extraction

(introduction...)

Commercial oilseed processing

Small-scale oilseed processing

Decortication

Seed cleaning

Size reduction

Rolling

Conditioning

Oil extraction

Oil clarification methods

The importance of quality in small-scale processing

Chapter 4 - Processing of specific oilseeds

(introduction...)

Coconuts

Groundnuts

Oil palm

Palm kernels

Rapeseed/mustard seed

Sesame

Shea nuts

Soya

Sunflower seed

Minor oilseeds (reference list)

Chapter 5 - Oilseed products and further processing

Oil for human consumption

Human food products prepared from oilseeds in Africa

Use of oil-cake in animal feeds

Soap manufacture

Appendix 1 - Currency conversion table

Appendix 2 - Sources of equipment

Appendix 3 - List of abbreviations and addresses

Appendix 4 - Additional references

Acknowledgements

The authors:

S. W. Head
A. A. Swetman
T. W. Hammonds
A. Gordon
K. H. Southwell
R. V. Harris

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