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How Is Emu Oil Processed?
Early Processing of Emu OIl
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Emu oil has many health benefits. Unfortunately, the only way to gather the oil is from a dead emu. That is one of the many reasons that emus are raised on ranches. Like chickens, the emu is sent to a slaughterhouse where the processing begins. The emu oil comes from the fat located on the back end of the animal. The meat is sent to a meat-processing plant. The fat is separated from the skin, ground and melted into a form of crude emu oil.
Let the Processing Begin
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The crude emu oil is sifted to remove any remaining foreign particles of meat. It is then put in a centrifuge and filtered to be certain that no impurities remain in the product. The clean emu oil is then processed by using caustic chemicals, like bleach, to remove peroxides, metals and any other impurities left behind from the early processing methods.
Final Procesing of Emu OIl
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Once the emu oil has gone through the early processing and bleaching steps, it goes through a final processing. The oil is then deodorized by using a high-vacuum steam purging process or a high-vacuum distillation process. Both methods remove any odorous materials, metals, soaps or proteins from the oil.
The Final Product
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The final product is 100 percent emu oil. Pure emu oil will have a yellow color to it when it is warm. Once the emu oil gets cold, it will become semi-solid, about the consistency of soft butter, and will be a light white color. If the product you purchase is any other color, then it is not 100 percent pure emu oil.
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