date:Jul 26, 2012
he researchers revealed that increasing temperature, solvent-to-solid ratio, and extraction time all improved oil yield.
Waste potential
The group noted that with roughly one-third of the estimated 130 million tonnes of tomato produced globally every year consumed in the form of processed products, there is a big opportunity for the utilisation of processing by-products such as seeds which represent between 3 and 5% of the fresh tomato weight.
Nearly 60% (1.3 million tons) of the total waste