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Cold Pressing
We currently operate 20 'State of the Art' twin screw cold pressing expellers, working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and pressing approximately 80 tons of seed per month.
Seed oils are extracted without the use of chemicals or solvents, at average temperatures of 37°C.
The expelled oil is stored under nitrogen in stainless steel containers and then passed through a low pressure plate filter which extracts all the sediments down to five microns. This also has the effect of polishing the oil to give it a crystal clear shiny appearance. This oil is then taken to our purpose built oils store, ready for either refining, drumming or bottling.
Processing at low temperatures helps to produce low peroxide values (PV) and providing the oil is stored correctly will achieve an extremely good shelf life, ideally suited for the nutritional market.