Camellia oil, also known as camellia oil and camellia seed oil, is a pure natural high-grade edible vegetable oil extracted from mature seeds of camellia plant oil tea of Theaceae. Golden or light yellow in color, pure in quality, clear and transparent, fragrant in smell and pure in taste. More than 90% of camellia oil production comes from China. Camellia oleifera was planted in China as early as 100 BC, during the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,000 years.

It grows in the natural and pollution-free mountainous hills in the subtropical humid climate zone of southern China and can be planted in more than 10 provinces. The main producing areas are China, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Chongqing and other provinces and cities. China's existing cultivation area is about 45 million mu, with an annual output of tea seed oil 1 10,000 tons and tea seed oil of 270,000 tons.

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Camellia oil is extracted from the fruits of wild woody oil plants and is one of the four largest woody oil plants in the world. The dual function of China tea oil in dietotherapy is actually superior to olive oil. Tea oil not only has similarities in fatty acid composition, lipid characteristics and nutritional components between the two oils, but also contains specific physiological active substances that olive oil does not have, such as tea polyphenols and tea saponin.

The noble quality of tea oil juice meets the requirements of advocating nature and improving the quality of life, and it is a fine product in edible oil today. Tea oil has good stability, long shelf life, high smoke point resistance, high temperature resistance, good oxidation resistance and easy digestion and absorption. Camellia oleifera, together with oil palm, olive and coconut, is known as the world's four major woody edible oil-bearing tree species, and it is also an excellent native tree species unique to China.

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