Maximizing Sunflower Oil Yield with Professional Edible Oil Processing Solutions

High-efficiency sunflower oil production is more than mechanical pressing and chemical extraction — it’s a precise engineering science.
The challenge of raw materials with high oil content (40–50%) and high shell ratio (30–40%) requires balancing equipment structure, oil yield, and product quality.

Key decision: Dehulling or not?
1️⃣ Dehulling process: Produces premium clear sunflower oil and reduces shell impurities, but requires precise control of roasting and pressing parameters to prevent material slippage or paste formation.
2️⃣ Non-dehulling process: Retains the shell framework, ensures smooth pressing, simpler workflow, and lower initial investment, though refining cost and color control requirements are higher.

QIE GROUP provides customized, full-process solutions for sunflower oil processing plants, covering:
1. Pretreatment: Removes impurities, adjusts moisture and temperature, optimizing material flow for oil pressing and solvent extraction. 🔗 [ Why is oilseed pretreatment necessary? ]
2. Cooking/Conditioning: Heat modification and cell disruption improve oil release efficiency while controlling flavor and structural stability.
3. Oil Pressing/Solvent Extraction: Mechanical pressing combined with solvent extraction achieves residual oil rates below 0.5%, while heat recovery reduces energy consumption by 10–15%. 🔗 [ Benefits of QIE GROUP Solvent Extraction Process Technology ]
4. Refining: Degumming, deacidification, decolorization, dewaxing and deodorization remove impurities, reduce acid value, stabilize oxidation, and preserve natural nutrients.

With scientific process design and optimized cooking oil production equipment, QIE GROUP delivers tailor-made edible oil processing plants that maximize sunflower oil yield and enhance oil quality according to factory scale, market positioning, and investment.