How to Extract Palm Oil from Palm Fruit at Home?

Palm oil is the most consumed and oldest cooking oil in Nigeria.This is because, even before
large-scale production of palm oil and modern-day civilization, the making and selling of the oil
for home consumption and for commercial purposes has been in existence. Oil palm cultivation
is originally from West Africa.

The Use Of Palm Oil

The palm oil is the oil extracted from the fruits of a palm tree. It is one of the basic components
of our traditional dishes here in Nigeria.  Palm oil can be used in the preparation of our
traditional dishes like Egusi soup, Ofe Nsala, Gbegiri soup, tuwo masara, efo riro. Palm oil is
produced in Enugu, Imo, Ondo, Anambra, Oyo, Abia and Akwa Ibom

All these traditional dishes will not have their unique tastes without the locally extracted palm
oil. That is why there is always constant demand for this type of palm oil and, the business is
very lucrative.

How to extract palm oil from palm fruit at home?

Traditional palm oil extraction process

Preparation
1. Wash the palm fruits, place in a pot and cover with water. Boil for about 30 minutes till the
husk is tender.
2. Strain the water out of the pot and pour the palm fruits in a mortar in batches.
3. Pound till the husk comes off the seed.
4. Scoop out the pounded fruit in batches and put into a big pan.
5. Add hot water (water that isn't too harsh on your skin) in batches.
6. Gently squeeze the palm fruit juice out of the kernels.
7. Use a colander to sieve out the squeezed juice into a clean pot. If you feel there's still some
juice to be squeezed out, add some more clean water and squeeze.
8. Boil the juice in the pot till the water evaporates. What will be left in the pot is your palm oil
that can be used for Ofe Akwu, Banga soup, Atama soup, Black soup, etc.

Now all these complex production processes can be replaced by a machine call palm oil press
machine. The small scale palm oil press machine can extract the crude palm oil effectively. Palm
oil press machine also called palm oil expeller, palm oil mill plant, palm oil extraction machine
which is popular at home and abroad, especially in Africa, West Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria,
Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Ghana.

New type palm oil press machine widely used in Africa, West Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire,
Nigeria, Ghana.

Features of palm oil press machine :

1.Small scale palm oil press machine mainly used to extrude palm fruit oil.
2.Designed and manufactured by Henan Doing company
3.It's good for small scale farm, small palm oil factory, home using,
4.Easy operation, easy move, easy change place
5.Driven by motor or diesel engine
6.Popular in Africa, South Africa, South America, Cameroon, Thailand, Ghana, Nigeria, etc.