rice bran oil machine with good quality in zimbabwe

   
rice bran oil machine with good quality in zimbabwe
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • rice bran oil machine with good quality in zimbabwe
What is rice bran oil?

Rice bran oil (RBO) is unique among edible vegetable oils because of its unique fatty acid composition, phenolic compound (¦Ã-oryzanol, ferulic acid) and vitamin E (tocopherol and tocotrienol). It has become a great choice of cooking oil because of its very high burning point, neutral taste and delicate flavour.

What is rice bran?

Rice bran is obtained from outer layer of the brown (husked) rice kernel during milling. It has emerged as potential by-product from rice processing industry due to the increasing demand for rice bran oil (RBO) as healthy functional food ingredients.

How to stabilize rice bran?

The results indicated that microwave, extrusion, steaming, -80 ¡ãC, ultraviolet irradiation, infrared heating have potential to stabilize rice bran. Extrusion and microwave processes are suitable for large-scale with short-time industrial processing although with increase of oil peroxide values and colour.

Is rice bran oil extraction harmful to the environment?

The rice bran oil extraction process itself can be harmful to the environment, too. As mentioned, rice bran is typically extracted with chemical solvents, not mechanical methods that press the oil out of the bran, says Ryan.