Process for the recovery of oil from avocado fruit

Details Process for the recovery of oil from avocado fruit Process for the recovery of oil from avocado fruit

1984-01-20

1985-12-24

Jones, Raymond

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Processes

Preparing or treating triglyceridic fat or oil, or processes...

426429, 426489, 426655, 426635, 2604124, A23L 128

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an integrated process for the recovery of a high quality oil and unsaponifiable matter from avocado fruit in a single extraction operation. According to the invention, the comminuted avocado fruit is contacted with an acetone solution which extracts the water from the avocado. The water-free avocado is subsequently contacted with an acetone solution, containing above 5% water whereby the oil from said water-free avocado is extracted and a spontaneous phase separation occurs. This separation enables an easy removal of the upper layer containing the unsaponifiable matter. By distilling out the acetone from the mixture oil-acetone-water, a high quality avocado oil is recovered. The residual dry cake of oil-free avocado can be successfully utilized as feed for animals.

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Research Disclosure, Oct. '79, 18659.

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