Effect of different drying methods on the quality of camellia seed oil
The effects of natural drying,flash drying and slow drying on the quality of camel-lia seeds(fat content,protein content,etc.)and the quality of camellia seeds(acid value,perox-ide value,fatty acid composition,sterol,tocopherol,etc.)were studied using fresh camellia seeds as raw materials.The results showed that the oil content(33.3%)of camellia seeds and the production rate of camellia seed oil(22.4%)under slow drying were the highest,the oleic acid value(0.56 mg KOH/g)of camellia seeds under natural drying was the lowest,and the content of total tocopherol obtained by natural drying was the highest(215.22 mg/100 g),and the content of total sterol obtained by flash drying was the highest(420.88 mg/100 g)in the three drying methods.The above results provide theo-retical reference for the processing of camellia oil seed.