“How many mustard seeds are needed to get 1 ton of mustard oil?” is a frequently asked question by new comers to mustard oil processing business. Generally speaking, if adopting direct pressing method, about 2.9 tons of mustard seeds are needed to get 1 ton of mustard oil, and about 2.5 tons of mustard seeds are needed to produce 1 ton of mustard oil adopting the pre-pressing & solvent extraction method.

In fact, how many mustard seeds are needed are related to the mustard seeds oil content, mustard oil processing method and mustard oil processing machine quality. Here I will share you how to calculate how many mustard seeds are needed to get 1 ton of mustard oil for your reference.

The calculation formula is as follows:

Tons of needed mustard seeds= tons of mustard oil÷(mustard seeds oil content- residual mustard oil content)

Scene setting :The mustard oil seeds content is about 42%, and all the mustard oil processing machine has good quality and stable operation features.

① Direct pressing method

By adopting direct pressing method, most of the mustard oil can be extracted out and the residual oil rate is about 7%.

Tons of needed mustard seeds= 1÷(42%-7%)≈2.9

Mustard oil pressing machine

② Pre-pressing & solvent extraction method

By adopting pre-pressing & solvent extraction method, the mustard oil can be extracted out more effectively, and the residual oil rate is below 1%.

Tons of needed mustard seeds= 1÷(42%-1%)≈2.5

Pre-pressing & solvent extraction method

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