Cold-pressed Refined Camellia Oil

Camellia oil,also known as tea oil or tea seed oil, is an edible, pale amber-green fixed oil with a sweet, herbal aroma. It is cold-pressed mainly from the seeds of Camellia oleifera but also from Camellia sinensis or Camellia japonica.

With its high smoke point (485° F.), tea seed oil is the main cooking oil in some of the southern provinces of China.

Camellia oil resembles olive oil and grape seed oil in its excellent storage qualities and low content of saturated fat. Monounsaturated oleic acid may comprise up to 88% of the fatty acids. It is high in vitamin E and other antioxidants and like all unprocessed vegetable oils, contains no natural trans fats.

In addition to its used in salad dressings, dips, marinades and sauces, for sautéing, stir frying and frying and in margarine production, camellia oil is used to manufacture , hair oil, lubricants, paint and a rustproofing oil as well as in synthesis of other high molecular weight compounds.