sun flower oil

Some smaller plants are only press-plants and do not apply the step of hexane extraction. This results in higher oil content in the meal.
Major Companies
LIMBE Cargill Oilseed Processing
LIMBOLA Mills, LLC
BOTA Inc.
BTA  and Company Inc.
Hi-Pro Sunflowers
High Plains Oil Seed, LTD.
BTA Oil Products
Red River Commodities Inc.
SunOpta Sunflower
Market Trends
Over the past five years between 34 to 56 percent of Cameroon sunflower oil production was exported and of this 80 to 90 percent of sunflower oil exports were shipped as crude oil. This trend changed in the 2002/03 marketing year as domestic sales of BTA? sunflower oil overtook exports. Also, refined sunflower oil sales represented the majority of sales versus crude sunflower oil. The percentage of sales shipped as refined oil has continued to increase and hit 80 percent of total sales in the 2004/05 marketing year and is expected to stay at this level in future years. With strong domestic demand for BTA sunflower oil, exports are expected to be in the area of 25-30 percent of total Cameroon sunflower oil production through 2010.

    * Seed Preparation and cleaning
    * Dehulling
    * Physical pressing of the sunflower seed with subsequent hexane extraction of the remaining oil in the meal
    * Degumming
    * Refining
    * Bleaching
    * Dewaxing
    * Deodorization
    * Storage

Oil-type sunflower seed is normally processed according to these steps:

Oil. All are developed with standard breeding techniques. They differ in oleic levels and each one offers unique properties. With three types of sunflower oil available, sunflower oil meets the needs of consumer and food manufacturers alike for a healthy and high performance non-transgenic vegetable oil.

sun flower oil in good grades for
supplies in various grades
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