How much does camellia seed oil cost per jin, and how much oil can one jin of camellia seeds press?
Every year when it is camellia seed picking season, everyone picks the seeds, dries them in the sun, and then presses them into oil to sell, which can sell for 100 yuan per jin. Buyers of camellia oil may feel the price is expensive. In fact, camellia seed oil has high nutritional value and strong market demand. So, how much does camellia seed oil cost per jin? How much oil can one jin of camellia seeds press?
1. How much does camellia seed oil cost per jin?
According to relevant listings on Alibaba, Jiangxi wild camellia 122, cold-pressed camellia oil 47, Fulun wild camellia oil 1.5L×2-bottle gift box 299 yuan. Jiangxi specialty Fulun low-temperature pressed first-grade edible camellia oil 500ml×2-bottle pack 299 yuan.
According to relevant listings on Huinong Network, tea seed oil in Xinfeng County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi is priced at 70.00 yuan/jin, minimum order 1 jin. Tea seed oil in Shicheng County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi is priced at 80.00 yuan/jin, minimum order 1 jin. Tea seed oil in Guangze County, Nanping, Fujian is priced at 100.00 yuan/jin, minimum order 1 jin.
According to relevant listings on Baidu Procurement Network, Bencao Tianxiang pure natural cold-pressed camellia seed oil in Xianning City, Hubei Province is 428 yuan, camellia edible oil 20l in Liuzhou City, Guangxi is 1452 yuan, wild freshly pressed camellia seed oil in Hubei Province is 60 yuan, farmhouse self-pressed pure wild camellia seed oil 1L in Huaihua City, Hunan Province is 118 yuan, and wild camellia seed oil old camellia oil is 220 yuan.
2. How much oil can one jin of camellia seeds press?
The camellia seed picking season runs from late September (Autumn Equinox) to around early November (Start of Winter). Camellia seeds must be picked before Frost's Descent, otherwise the harvest will not be very good; National Day is the best time for picking camellia seeds. One hundred jin of camellia fruit can yield about 30 jin of camellia seeds, while 100 jin of top-quality camellia seeds can press about 20 jin of oil.
According to the normal pressing process, calculating the cost of the first-pressed oil produced (based on this year's camellia seed prices), one jin of camellia seeds costs about 8 yuan, and one jin yields about two liang of oil. The cost of one jin of oil, not counting labor and management fees, is about 40 yuan, and the market price with packaging is about 70 yuan.