Camellia oil (also known as wild camellia oil, camellia seed oil, camellia seed oil) is taken from the seeds of Camellia camellia belonging to Theaceae. The production process of camellia oil can be divided into hulling, sun drying, crushing, steaming, oil pressing and filtering.

Tea oil contains no erucic acid and cholesterol. Tests show that the unsaturated fatty acids in tea oil are as high as 90%, oleic acid is 80~83%, linoleic acid is 7~ 13%, but the linolenic acid content is extremely low.

Development history

Camellia oil is obtained from the seeds of Camellia oleiferaAbel, which is one of the oldest woody edible vegetable oils in China. China is the country with the widest distribution of Camellia plants in the world and the largest production base of camellia oil in the world. Besides, there are only a few in Southeast Asia, Japan and other countries.

The central producing areas of Camellia oleifera are distributed in Dabie Mountain area, southwest China, Hunan, Gannan and western Jiangxi, which are unique oil-bearing tree species in China, and China is the origin of Camellia oleifera. Camellia oleifera grows in the subtropical Nanling humid climate zone without pollution, and no pesticides and fertilizers are applied during the whole growth process.

Latitude and longitude and soil climate are suitable for high nutrition. Does not contain erucic acid, cholesterol, aflatoxin and other harmful substances to human body. Golden or light yellow in color, pure in quality, clear and transparent, fragrant in smell and pure in taste. It is a pure natural woody edible vegetable oil advocated and popularized by China government, and a health-care plant edible oil first promoted by FAO.

Tea oil is a unique traditional edible vegetable oil in China, and its production and development have a long history. Apart from sporadic distribution in Japan and a few countries in Southeast Asia, only China is cultivated in a large area.

Wild camellia oil is unique to China in the world. Wild camellia oil is a treasure endowed by nature to China. Zhao Xuemin, a medical scientist in the Qing Dynasty, recorded "moistening the intestines and clearing the stomach, killing insects and detoxifying" in The Compendium of Materia Medica, and Wang Shixiong recorded in the Diet Spectrum of Living with Interest in the Qing Dynasty that "tea oil is suitable for daily use, steamed cooked food, which makes it shine, but the oil is the lightest, so all diseases are not taboo."