Dewaxing plant

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Dewaxing (also called winterization) of sunflower oil is essential when the oil is to be used as salad oil. The presence of wax makes the oil appear cloudy at room temperature. The oil normally becomes cloudy in 5–6h but with proper dewaxing the oil remains clear after 24h of storage at 0˚C.Separation of waxes, esters of long chain fatty acids and long chain primary alcohols present in mainly sunflower and maize oil.