Edible Oil

Vegetable oils and fats are typically obtained by either mechanical expelling or solvent oil extraction, a process whereby oil is extracted from oleaginous seeds and nuts, such as sunflower, soybean, rapeseed, peanuts, and more. However, these processes include several steps of extraction, separation, solvent removal, and more, that are all energy and resource intensive. Solvent removal through distillation alone constitutes at least 50% of the industry’s total energy consumption. Transitioning away from thermal separation processes by adopting membrane technology can significantly reduce energy consumption, CO2e emissions, and procurement costs.