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What is the raw material of tea oil?

Although tea oil has a very wide range of functions in our life, it has extremely high nutritional value whether it is edible or medicinal. It can whiten and beautify the face, remove scars on the skin surface, and is especially suitable for women who love beauty. Even people who get angry can eat tea oil to clear away heat and detoxify, but there are still many people who don't know what tea oil is brewed with.

Camellia oil, also known as camellia oil and CamelliaoleiferaAbel, is a pure natural high-grade edible vegetable oil extracted from the mature seeds of Camellia of Theaceae, with golden or light yellow color, pure quality, clarity, fragrance and pure taste.

Camellia oleifera, commonly known as camellia, wild tea and white scented tea, is a unique high-quality edible oil plant in China. Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze and Camellia sinensis belong to different species, and the vegetable oil extracted from their seeds is completely different. The former is called tea seed oil, and the latter is called tea seed oil.

More than 90% of the global camellia oil production comes from China. Camellia oleifera was planted in China as early as 100 BC, during the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and it has a history of more than 2,000 years. It grows in the natural and pollution-free mountainous hills in the subtropical humid climate zone of southern China and can be planted in more than 10 provinces. The main producing areas are China, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Chongqing and other provinces and cities. China's existing cultivation area is about 45 million mu, with an annual output of tea seed oil 1 10,000 tons and tea seed oil of 270,000 tons. Tea oil is a pure natural woody edible vegetable oil advocated and popularized by China government, and it is also the first health plant edible oil promoted by FAO.

How to make tea oil?

Squeezing method and leaching method. Pressing is a traditional extraction process, and camellia oil is extracted from camellia seeds by physical pressing. Leaching rule is a method of extracting oil-containing tea seed oil from oil-containing tea cake (residue after pressing) with food-grade solvent according to the principle of chemical reaction. The process requires repeated baking and cooking of raw materials.

The use of tea oil

1. Cold salad: Ordinary edible oil can't be directly used for cold salad without heating and undercooking, while tea oil can be directly used for cold salad, vegetarian dishes and salad dressing without heating, which has the characteristics of bright color, smooth taste, light and non-greasy.

2. Stir-fry: nutritionists point out that tea oil is fried with "hot pot cold oil", which does not lose nutrition and has better color, fragrance and taste.

3. Frying: Ordinary edible oil will produce peroxide at high temperature, which is extremely harmful to human body, while tea oil contains antioxidants, which will not deteriorate after continuous frying at 220 degrees for 20 hours, and trans fatty acids, benzene, pyrene and other harmful substances. It is the most ideal and healthy frying edible oil.

4. Baking: Apply a layer of camellia oil before or after baking food, which is crispy and delicious, smooth in taste, not easy to burn, and has a faint scent of camellia oil.

5, cooking soup: add a spoonful of camellia oil when cooking various soups or after cooking to make the soup clearer and more delicious.

6. Steam: