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Title: How would you extract oil from seeds ?
Post by: luc on August 18, 2013, 05:54:00 PM
I'd like to try with different fruit seeds , avocado etc...
Title: Re: How would you extract oil from seeds ?
Post by: fruitlovers on August 18, 2013, 07:29:27 PM
I'd like to try with different fruit seeds , avocado etc...

FYI Luc the edible avocado oil is pressed from the flesh of avocado fruits, not from the pits. The pits are not edible.

The seed yields a milky fluid with the odor and taste of almond. Because of its tannin content, it turns red on exposure, providing an indelible red-brown or blackish ink which was used to write many documents in the days of the Spanish Conquest. These are now preserved in the archives of Popayan. The ink has also been used to mark cotton and linen textiles.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/avocado_ars.html#Avocado Oil (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/avocado_ars.html#Avocado Oil)
Title: Re: How would you extract oil from seeds ?
Post by: luc on August 18, 2013, 08:11:11 PM
I'd like to try with different fruit seeds , avocado etc...

FYI Luc the edible avocado oil is pressed from the flesh of avocado fruits, not from the pits. The pits are not edible.

The seed yields a milky fluid with the odor and taste of almond. Because of its tannin content, it turns red on exposure, providing an indelible red-brown or blackish ink which was used to write many documents in the days of the Spanish Conquest. These are now preserved in the archives of Popayan. The ink has also been used to mark cotton and linen textiles.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/avocado_ars.html#Avocado Oil (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/avocado_ars.html#Avocado Oil)

Interesting ....one day I'll have to read all the books I have..
Title: Re: How would you extract oil from seeds ?
Post by: fruitlovers on August 18, 2013, 08:36:14 PM
I'd like to try with different fruit seeds , avocado etc...

FYI Luc the edible avocado oil is pressed from the flesh of avocado fruits, not from the pits. The pits are not edible.

The seed yields a milky fluid with the odor and taste of almond. Because of its tannin content, it turns red on exposure, providing an indelible red-brown or blackish ink which was used to write many documents in the days of the Spanish Conquest. These are now preserved in the archives of Popayan. The ink has also been used to mark cotton and linen textiles.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/avocado_ars.html#Avocado Oil (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/avocado_ars.html#Avocado Oil)

Interesting ....one day I'll have to read all the books I have..

If avocado pit produced edible oil then the pit would also be edible. Have you ever eaten an avocado pit?  ;)
I've never made seed oil, but i think hard seeds are soaked in water to soften them and then pressed in a hydraulic press to remove the oil. I do something similar to produce almond milk, just mix water after pressing.
Title: Re: How would you extract oil from seeds ?
Post by: Luisport on August 19, 2013, 08:45:51 AM
piteba http://www.piteba.com/ (http://www.piteba.com/)
Title: Re: How would you extract oil from seeds ?
Post by: Luisport on August 19, 2013, 08:46:50 AM
PITEBA oil expeller press: press seeds and nuts - hand operated expeller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mLhdU0xW-Q#)
Title: Re: How would you extract oil from seeds ?
Post by: Luisport on August 19, 2013, 08:47:24 AM
PITEBA oil expeller press: press seeds and nuts - hand operated vegetable oil expeller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co2JG5q89wM#ws)
Title: Re: How would you extract oil from seeds ?
Post by: luc on August 20, 2013, 03:37:30 PM
Thanks Luis , does anybody have any feedback on this product ?
Title: Re: How would you extract oil from seeds ?
Post by: EvilFruit on August 21, 2013, 05:00:31 PM


This product got 4 out of 5 at amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Piteba-Nut-Seed-Expeller-press/dp/B004H2SDTM/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top (http://www.amazon.com/Piteba-Nut-Seed-Expeller-press/dp/B004H2SDTM/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top)