Essential Oil Extraction Methods
Photo Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya Essential Oil Extraction Methods What is Oil? Oils are extracted from plant sources. They plays a vital role in providing nutrition by enhancing the flavor of food, improving the texture, and conducting heat while cooking. common vegetable oils are sunflower oil, palm oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, and olive oil. Reducing the risk of heart diseases and protecting brain cells etc. Different Extraction Methods of Oils. Hydro distillation Steam distillation Solvent extraction Co2 extraction Expression Hydro Distillation Method This process is mainly used to extract rose essential oil from rose petals. In this process, the rose petals are submerged in water and then heated due to heat. The water and rose oil gets converted into vapor which is then passed through a condenser and collected in a receiving flask. The rose oil and water is then separated and this how we get our rose essential oil. The water received from this process is also ca...