Peanut oil pressing in Thanh Chuong is in good condition and has a good price.

Huy Thu - July 4, 2023 17:20
(Baonghean.vn) - Every peanut season, the peanut oil pressing business in Thanh Chuong is bustling with activity. Peanut oil has a good price, and there are still many customers coming to buy it without having to go to the market.
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These days, peanut oil pressing facilities in Tu Vien village, Thanh Luong commune, Thanh Chuong district are quite busy. Some households have to hire seasonal workers from the locality to pick peanuts, make cakes... with wages of around 200,000 VND/day. The raw peanut source for oil pressing facilities is provided by traders at a price of 35,000 - 36,000 VND/kg. Photo: Huy Thu
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Ms. Nguyen Thi Nu (50 years old) - a reputable peanut oil presser in the area shared that to have good quality peanut oil, the peanuts must be clean, large, even, and carefully selected. When ripe, the peanuts must be cooked, not overcooked. Maintaining hygiene during the oil pressing process is equally important. Photo: Huy Thu
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Currently, Tu Vien village has about 15 households engaged in the profession, concentrated in Hamlet 2, Thanh Luong Commune. Among them, there are households that operate on a large scale, year-round, while some operate seasonally and on a small scale. In the past, peanut oil pressing was quite difficult because of rudimentary means and tools. Now, households have invested in purchasing many types of machines: peanut shellers, flour mills, presses... Photo: Huy Thu
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Ms. Ngo Thi Trung (60 years old) - a famous peanut oil pressing household in the village shared: This season, her family often stores several tons of shelled peanuts at home. On peak production days, the production is about 100 liters of oil. In addition to pressing oil for sale, Ms. Trung's family also provides hiring pressing services. At this time, people bring peanuts to press for winter oil. The oil pressing fee is 10,000 VND/liter. Many days, working all day and all night is not enough. Photo: Huy Thu
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After being dried, peanuts will be wrapped into round cakes, as thin as a plate to facilitate oil pressing. The material used to wrap peanut powder must be clean, durable, and guaranteed to be reusable. Photo: Huy Thu
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According to the elders in the area, in the past, making a batch of peanut oil was quite a feat. The whole family had to stay up all night to peel the peanuts or pour them out into the yard and use a rice mill to break them, then use a mortar and pestle to pound the peanuts into small pieces. When pressing oil, one had to use stones and levers, which was both laborious and time-consuming, and not very productive. In the photo: Using a plate as a mold to wrap peanut powder. Photo: Huy Thu
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Currently, most households are using manual presses. Each household usually has 2-3 presses. Each press, depending on its size, can press 30-40 cakes. Larger presses can press 28-30 kg of peanuts at a time. Each pressing session lasts from 1-1.5 hours. Photo: Huy Thu
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Using a steam oil press is quite light and flexible. According to the people, 15 kg of shelled peanuts or 11 kg of peanut kernels will yield 5 liters of oil. Photo: Huy Thu
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Mr. Nguyen Sy Cat is the pioneer of the village in applying new techniques to production, using industrial oil pressing lines. He purchased 2 industrial oil pressing lines at a cost of hundreds of millions of VND, which can process 1 ton of peanuts per day. The advantage of this line is that it frees up labor, has high productivity, and produces a lot of oil... Photo: Huy Thu
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In the midst of the chemical chaos, Tu Vien village's peanut oil is a natural product, with a golden color, a characteristic aroma, guaranteed quality, and is favored by many people. The products are not brought to the market to sell, but are often purchased by customers. The selling price of peanut oil at the establishments is 110,000 VND/liter (550,000 - 570,000 VND/5 liter can, about 100,000 - 120,000 VND/can higher than the same period last year). Photo: Huy Thu
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In addition to oil pressing for profit and wages, the oil pressing profession also produces another product, dried oil. On average, 10 kg of peanuts after pressing will produce 6 kg of dried oil cake. For households that press oil and also raise livestock and poultry, dried oil is a good source of food that can be used to feed pigs, buffaloes, cows, chickens, ducks, etc. The current price of dried oil is 11,000 VND/kg, but it is also quite scarce. Photo: Huy Thu
Manual peanut oil pressing in Tu Vien village. Video: Huy Thu
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