Why is camellia oil so expensive?
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Update time : 2022-12-22 16:21:34
Camellia oil, also known as camellia oil and wild camellia oil, is a precious natural woody vegetable oil unique to our country. In the folk, it also has many beautiful names: "longevity oil", "monthly child oil", "tribute oil", and now more and more people are paying attention to and using it. The United Nations International Food and Agriculture Organization also lists it as an important edible oil crop to promote. The market price of camellia oil is about 3 to 6 times that of ordinary cooking oil, so is camellia oil worth such a high price? Why is camellia oil so expensive? "Expensive" is the raw material Camellia oil is extracted from the seeds of the Camellia oleifera tree in the virgin forest. It is taken from nature and is completely free from pesticides and fertilizers, not to mention genetically modified, aflatoxin, etc. Camellia oleifera has a slow growth period. It takes about 5-7 years from sowing to fruit production, and more than 15 years to full fruit, so the cost of artificial cultivation is high; what is even more rare and magical is that camellia oleifera fruit goes through autumn, winter and spring from flowering to fruiting. In the five seasons of summer and autumn, flowers and fruits coexist on the same camellia oleifera tree, commonly known as "pregnancy with spores", which is extremely rare in nature. Therefore, tea oil contains many original nutrients that cannot be formed in a short period of time, and its value is naturally high. "Precious" has a long history in the history of tea oil culture. The earliest "Shan Hai Jing" has recorded it as edible oil. Since the Han Dynasty, people have realized its special effects: hair care and beauty, detoxification and sterilization, heat clearing Eliminates dampness and prolongs life. However, at that time, it was the special oil for the royal meals of the kings of all dynasties. "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Suixiju Diet Spectrum", "Nongzheng Quanshu" and many other ancient books have recorded the knowledge of camellia oil. There are too many folk legends about camellia oil, and Emperor Qianlong praised camellia oil for its "natural herbal, national beauty and heavenly fragrance". For thousands of years, people not only regard camellia oil as a kind of food, but also as a kind of medicinal food and the best gift to honor the elders. Today, the "Materia Medica Tianxiang" series of camellia oils produced on a large scale and with high technology are produced in Huangpao Mountain, Tongcheng County, Hubei Province, where Emperor Qianlong tasted camellia oil. The "expensive" uses of camellia oil are not only rich in nutrition when cooking and eating, but now many urban beauties are quietly using tea oil for anti-wrinkle, moisturizing, moisturizing, and acne removal, because it does not contain allergens and is non-toxic, and it can be very good protection of the skin. The use of camellia oil for beauty is actually nothing new. Most of the camellia oil imported from China by Japan is used as raw materials for beauty and skin care products. Tea oil can also be used for medicinal treatment. Eating a teaspoon of tea oil on an empty stomach every morning "can sterilize, reduce inflammation, moisturize the gastric mucosa, and promote its repair," said Dr. Chen Junxu of Natural Medicine of Bastille University in the United States. Camellia oil also has miraculous effects in treating burns, scalds, chaps, etc. It can also soften blood vessels and reduce "three highs". In recent years, many research reports have been put forward in the world, confirming that camellia oil can resist cancer, resist ultraviolet rays, accelerate wound healing, reduce nephrotoxicity of western medicine, resist oxidation, anti-virus, and sterilize, etc. Cure the disease, not sick and strengthen the body" cooking oil. Herbal Tianxiang series camellia oil has developed and produced "Runbao Maternal Nutrition Enhanced Camellia Seed Oil", which can meet the needs of fetuses for unsaturated fatty acids, DHA, and vitamin E, and can also help pregnant women recover after giving birth.
