meal

Pressing the coarse meal while it is heated removes more oil and also greater quantities of nonglyceride impurities such as phospholipids, colour bodies, and unsaponifiable matter. Such oil is more highly coloured than cold-pressed oils. Residual meals are concentrated sources of high-quality protein and are generally used in…

…from the oilseeds, the residual meal, or cake, remaining is so important a by-product that it frequently determines the value of an oil crop. Usually this meal is used as a protein concentrate to feed livestock and poultry; if it is poisonous, as with castor beans and tung nuts, it…