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  • What is cottonseed cake?
  • Cottonseed cake is the co-product of oil extraction from cottonseeds. Cottonseed meal is the term applied to the ground cottonseed cake from which most of the oil has been extracted. Cottonseed cake is used as a protein supplement and can replace soybean meal and other protein sources in the ration.
  • What is cotton seed oil cake?
  • Cotton seed oil cake, often identified as cotton meal, has an 85-86 percent return rate and is sold as meal, cake, flakes, or pellets. The colour of good quality oil cake is greenish yellow. Cottonseed oilcake is the second most important commodity derived from the cotton seed, accounting for over 30% of the overall product value.
  • How to extract oil from cottonseeds?
  • If your cottonseeds are with lint, then you need to add cottonseed delinting machine in the cottonseed oil plant. Oil extraction is using the organic solvent to extract oil from the pre-pressed cake inside the oil extractor.
  • What is cottonseed oil plant?
  • The cottonseed oil plant includes cottonseeds pretreatment and prepressing workshop, cottonseed cake solvent extraction workshop and crude cottonseed oil refinery plant. The residual oil rate in the cottonseed meal is lower than 1%. Cottonseeds contain a toxic pigment which called gossypol, of which the content is 0.15%-1.8%.
  • How is cotton seed expelled cake cooled?
  • The cotton seed expelled cake is cooled to 55°C as the solvent extraction plant could not take cake above 55°C. The cooled cake will be passed through the cake sizing machine where the cake will be broken into 2 inch to 3 inch size pieces to improve the extraction rate.
  • Why is cotton seed oil cake so popular in india?
  • Cotton cake is reportedly in high demand in Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan. Since the moisture content of cottonseed remains high, prices are likely to stay stable until the moisture content begins to decline. Cotton seed oil cake can also be used as a fertiliser on its own or in combination with other ingredients.