Hexane extraction process
After cleaning, crushing, cooking and drying soybeans or other oilseeds, flake seed material is soaked in hexane at a solvent plant. Proper pretreatment helps destroy the oil-bearing cells and increases the surface area of the seed, allowing the solvent to fully penetrate the material and extract more fat. During extraction, hexane flows through a sheet soybean or...
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