International Research Journal of Food and Nutrition
Year : 2020 | Volume : 2 | Issue : 1 | Page no. : 1-5
Functional and Nutritional Health Benefit of Cold-Pressed Oils
Subhash Chandra, Mukesh Kumar, Pradeep Dwivedi and L.P. Shinde
Abstract: Kachi ghani or cold pressed it means pressing the oil grains with force and oil is extracting. It is processed at lower temperature does not alter the properties of the oil which contains a higher phenolic content, flavour, aroma and nutritional value. The nutritionally valuable bioactive components of cold-pressed oils were presented such as: tocopherols, sterols, carotenoids and phospholipids with oxidizing properties partly removed from refined oils or destroyed during the industrial refining. Cold pressed oil does not contain Trans fatty acids and are naturally having cholesterol, it has great importance for cooking and skin care requirements. In the present study, it was emphasized on functional food and nutritional characteristics of cold-pressed oils and the method of its extraction, factors influencing the quality attributes of the obtained oils were also discussed.
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Subhash Chandra, Mukesh Kumar, Pradeep Dwivedi and L.P. Shinde 2020. Functional and Nutritional Health Benefit of Cold-Pressed Oils. International Research Journal of Food and Nutrition, 1: 1-5