Olive Oil Pomace

Olive Oil (Olea Europaea) From the Latin word “olea”(oil) Olive trees must grow for 15 years before they bear fruit. However, once they do, Olive Oil trees will do so for hundreds of years. Black and green olives come from the same kinds of trees. The fruit merely changes color as it ripens. Pomace is the ground flesh and pits after pressing of olive oil. Any oil that hasn’t been removed by pressure can then be extracted using steam and solvents thus producing olive pomace oil. It can be used for soaps or industrial purposes. The last oil obtained after olive oil pressing, Olive Oil Pomace is best suited for soap making.Containing a higher percentage of unsaponifiables, Olive Oil Pomace will pull the other vegetable oils into a quick saponification.Care should be taken when using essential oils or fragrance oils when making soap with Olive Oil Pomace due to this saponification factor. Common Uses of Olive Oil Pomace Soap Benefits of Olive Oil Pomace Moisuturizer Produces a mild soap OLIVE OIL POMACE TECHNICAL DATA SHEET TRADE NAME:OBN 284 SN/R CHEMICAL NAME:OLIVE OIL POMACE INCI NAME:OLEA EUROPAEA U.M. Test Methods Range Physical status at 25C° Visual Liquid Acid value mgKOH/g AOCS Cd3a-63 <1 Iodine value gI2/100 AOCS Tg2a-64 80 – 90 Saponification value mgKOH/g ISO 3657-1988 185 – 195 Peroxide value meq02/Kg Internal method <5 Color Visual Green Unsaponifiable matter % Internal method <2 Cloud point °C AOCS Cc 6 –25 <+5 Pour point °C ASTM D97-87 <0 Fatty acids composition %(GLC): Myristic acid C14:0 <0.1 Palmitic acid C16:0 7 – 17 Palmitoleic acid C16:1 <3 Margaric acid C17:0 <0.1 Margaroleic acid C17:1 <0.1 Stearic acid C18:0 <4 Oleic acid C18:1 63 – 83 Linoleic acid C18:2 6 – 14 Alpha-Linolenic acid C18:3 <1.5 Arachidic acid C20:0 <0.7 Eicosanic acid C20:1 <0.5 Behenic acid C22:0 <0.3 Erucic acid C22:1 Tr. Lignoceric acid C24:0 <0.5