This paper reviews the effort of Nigeria in processing almond fruit into viable product such as vegetable oil, traditional methods of extraction of almond oil, the problems associated with it and the possible ways of overcoming these problems for large scale production. Prospects and recommendation are hereby made.
Can Almond seed be used in vegetable oil production?
National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization, ilorin, Nigeria. The relative abundance of almond seed in several tropical regions of the world coupled with the little knowledge of its utilization in vegetable oil production prompted the need for this review.
What is almond oil extraction /expression?
oil extraction /expression. Almond oil is an essential oil packed with a lot of nutrien ts that are beneficial to human health. Therefore, it is important to devise better approach for m aximum oil ext raction/ expres sion. Citation: Akubude, V.C., J. N. Maduako, C. C.Egwuonwu, A.M.Olaniyan, E.O.Ajala, C.I. Ozumba, C. Nwosu. 2020.
What is almond oil?
Almond oil: pow erhouse of nutr ients. Agricultural Engi neering Inte rnational: CIG R Journal, 22 (3):190-201. India, 2010 ). Fats and oil are substances that can be obtained either fromanimal or vegetable sources. They organic solvent (Aremu et al.,2015).