The Nigella sativa seed oil extraction production line is adapted to the market demands of health food, high-end skin care, and pharmaceutical raw materials. Its core is to maximize the retention of active ingredients such as thymol, unsaturated fatty acids, and vitamin E, while achieving large-scale and standardized production.

Characteristics and Oil Extraction Value of Nigella sativa seed Raw Material
Nigella sativa seeds contain 30%–38% oil, with thymoquinone as the core active ingredient. Thymoquinone has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immune-regulating, and skin-repairing effects, making it a core raw material for high-end natural oils.
Cold pressing advantages: Low-temperature pressing at 35–45℃ fully preserves thymoquinoneand polyunsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid, linolenic acid), resulting in oils with light color, pure flavor, and high activity, suitable for high-end edible, skincare, and pharmaceutical products.。
Core pressing stages: Cleaning and screening (removing stones, metal, dust, shriveled seeds, and impurities to avoid damaging the screw press and clogging the oil passages, ensuring the stability of subsequent pressing) -- Crushing/cooking (preserving cell integrity, only increasing surface area to facilitate subsequent low-temperature oil extraction, avoiding high-temperature pulverization that leads to loss of activity) -- Hydraulic pressing (low-temperature cold pressing to retain nutrients in the oil) -- Filtration (filtering out impurities from the oil, making it cleaner)

Advantages of hot pressing: Steaming and roasting at 100–120℃ followed by pressing increases oil yield by 5%–8% (6%–8% residual oil in the dried cake), resulting in a richer flavor suitable for both consumer and industrial use, while also reducing costs.

Core pressing stages:Cleaning and screening (removing stones, metal, dust, shriveled seeds, and impurities to avoid damaging the screw press and clogging the oil passages, ensuring the stability of subsequent pressing)--Roasting (adjusts moisture content, breaks down cell walls, concentrates oil, and increases oil yield) -- Screw press (higher oil yield and faster production efficiency, but some heat-sensitive components such as thymol are lost; suitable for mass-market consumer oils) -- Filtration(filtering out impurities from the oil, making it cleaner)