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== Oil extraction == Oil contains high amounts of energy and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) and essential fatty acids. The oil content of the kernels is between 45% and 55%. The peanuts are prepared for the oil extraction process by being shelled and cleaned. Oil production requires some type of press with which to extract the oil form the groundnuts and filtering equipment. Practical Action has developed a simple manual screw press that would be suitable for extracting oil from peanuts, as well as many other agricultural crops. There are quite a number of presses of very similar design, they are simple to make, except for the screw which would have to be machined. For more information see the [[Practical Action Technical Brief]] ''Principles of Oil Extraction''. [[File:peanut grinding.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Figure 2: Peanut grinding machine. Example of equipment produced in the Practical Action light engineering workshop. Photo: Practical Action Southern Africa.]]
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