Tea trees are naturally wild and are over 400 years old. Tea trees bloom and seed every winter, and tea seeds mature. After four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, it is full of the essence of the sun and the moon and the aura of heaven and earth. Camellia oil extracted from tea seeds has both nutritional and health care functions, and is naturally known as: liquid gold and healthy friends.
Compared with other edible oils, camellia oil is more expensive. Where is it?
"Expensive" lies in raw materials.
Camellia oil is extracted from Camellia oleifera seeds in virgin forest. From nature, there is no pollution from pesticides, fertilizers, soil, air and water, not to mention transgenic and aflatoxin. Camellia oleifera grows slowly and has a long growth cycle, and its age is as high as thousands of years. It takes about 5~7 years from sowing to fruiting, and more than 15 years to complete fruiting, with low yield and less artificial cultivation; What is even more peculiar and rare is that it takes more than 13 months for the fruit of Camellia oleifera to mature, which makes the flowers and fruits on the same Camellia oleifera coexist, commonly known as "holding the child", which is extremely rare in the plant kingdom. Therefore, tea oil contains many primitive biomass that plants can't form in a short time. This may also be the root of cooking food with tea oil, which tastes delicious!
"expensive" in history
Tea oil culture has a long history. It is recorded as edible oil in Shan Hai Jing BC. Since the Han Dynasty, people have realized its special functions: nourishing hair and beautifying face, detoxifying and sterilizing, clearing away heat and dampness, and prolonging life. However, at that time, it was the special oil for royal meals of kings in previous dynasties. The knowledge of tea oil has been recorded in many ancient books, such as Compendium of Materia Medica, Compendium of Materia Medica, Diet Spectrum of Xisheng, and Encyclopedia of Agricultural Administration. There are countless folklore about tea oil. For thousands of years, people have regarded tea oil not only as a food, but also as a medicine and the best gift to honor their elders.
"expensive" in use
Nowadays, many urban beauties are quietly using tea oil to resist wrinkles, moisturize, moisten and acne, because it contains no allergic substances, is non-toxic and can protect the skin well. It is nothing new that tea oil is used for beauty. Tea oil imported from China is mostly used as raw material for beauty and skin care products. Tea oil can cure stomach trouble. Eating a spoonful of tea oil on an empty stomach every morning "can sterilize and diminish inflammation, moisten gastric mucosa and promote its repair." Tea oil nourishes the stomach, and everything you eat is more valuable. " Dr Chen Junxu, doctor of natural medicine at the University of Bastille, said. Tea oil can treat burns, scalds, itchy skin and chapped skin, and it can also soften blood vessels and reduce "three highs". In recent years, many international research reports have proved that tea oil has the functions of anti-cancer, preventing cancer cell metastasis, anti-ultraviolet, accelerating wound healing, reducing nephrotoxicity of western medicine, preventing free radical damage, anti-oxidation, anti-virus and sterilization. It can almost be said that it is an edible oil that can cure diseases and strengthen the body without getting sick.
"expensive" is practical
The smoke point of tea oil is very high in edible oil, generally above 220℃. Therefore, cooking with tea oil has little oil smoke. Comparative experiments show that the harmful substances produced by frying food in tea oil for 48 hours are one tenth of those produced by frying food in common edible oil 1 hour. Tea oil is oily, so it is much less than other edible oils. Compared with olive oil, tea oil is more suitable for consumers in China. Olive oil is mainly used in western food because of its high vitamin C content and suitable for cold salad. Olive oil that can be used for cooking is generally olive residue, which has a low grade. Tea oil is suitable for frying, frying, boiling, frying, cold salad and other cooking methods.
"expensive" is in composition.
In recent years, the sales of olive oil, camellia oil, olive oil and tea seed oil in China are increasing at a superhuman speed, which shows the improvement of Chinese people's awareness of self-protection and health care. Because these two oils are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, they can soften blood vessels and lower cholesterol in the human body! At present, these two oils are widely recognized and accepted by all walks of life!
"expensive" is in the choice
Tea oil can be divided into two categories: pressing and leaching because of different processing methods. Camellia oleifera seeds were extracted by physical pressing. Extracted by organic solvent extraction is called leaching oil. The cost of oil extraction is high, which preserves the nutrition to the maximum extent, but the extracted oil will destroy the nutrition and produce harmful substances at the same time.