How Fish Oil Is Manufactured

If you love non vegetarian cuisine then nothing can be healthier than the fish and fish food products. It is easily available and is highly affordable these days. Fish contain fatty acids and have several ingredients which protect the body against various diseases. The extract of fish is called fish oil and it has many health benefits. It is highly recommended for cancer and other cardiovascular disease.

It is also recommended for the people suffering from arthritis. The nutrients obtained from the fish and fish products are highly essential for the normal growth of the body and are recommended for the growing body of kids and youngsters. Certain vitamins which cannot be synthesized by human body naturally can be obtained from fish and fish products.

How Do They Make Fish Oil?

Fish and cod liver oils are known for their medicinal properties. They are used extensively in making medicines and other medicated drugs and syrups. Refined fish oil is produced in factories by removing the phospho-lipid content from the oil and removing other excretions of other innate aquatic worms.

Acid clay can be added to remove the pungent smell from the fish oil thoroughly so that it can be exported to distances and can be preserved for a long time. The process adopted for extracting the oil is called fermentation. The oil is heated and stirred to let the water content in the mixture evaporate. More than 60 percent of the mixture contains water as fish has an aquatic habitat. Ten to twenty percent of the mixture obtained from the fish body contains by products which has to be removed temporarily and can be used for manufacturing other products apart from fish oil.

Once water and phospholipids are removed the residue remains contains almost fish oil. Little of caustic soda is added to this and then it is vacuumized using specific vacuum techniques. It is then dehydrated using dehydration techniques. Later on, deodorizing helps in removing the bitter and pungent smell which makes withstanding the smell difficult. It is then preserved in an air tight container and can be exported to longer distances. Once fish oil is produced it can be used for years together as it has no expiry date and is natural oil with medicinal facilities.

The acid and PH value is then tested and when found normal, it can be packed in metal containers and can be carried to distances. Manufacturing fish oil is not a homely job and requires great expertise and industrial set up. Good machinery for oil extraction and filtration aids in better quality oil extraction and fine quality product at the end. Generally fish oil is produced in large factories which are distantly located from the residential areas as the pungent smell which is produced at the time of fish extraction makes it difficult the withstand in the suburbs of the place.

23.05.2008. 03:31

Comments

justin 04.06.2009. 20:37

in other words you let it rot until it turns to oil

vicki 10.12.2009. 19:09

i have a stupid question . what would happen if you break the fish okl capsule and heat the liquid content? will it have the same clinical effect?

Hayaan 05.01.2010. 06:45

Thanks. does fish oil light up and be used for fires?

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