Distillation and value added products

Importance of Soil fertility

    Distillation
  • The essential oil is extracted by steam distillation from the herb, including the immature fruits and also from the mature and separated fruits. The two oils, however differ in composition, odour and flavour.
  • The herb or 'weed' oil (isolated from the above-ground parts, including the unripe seeds) is preferred by the food industry, because of its more characteristic dill herb flavour. The seed oil, with its high carvone content, resembles the oil of caraway. During recent years, dill-herb oil has largely replaced the fruit oil for flavouring and seasoning purposes.
    Value-added products
  • The value-added products of dill are dill-seed powder, dill-seed oil, dill weed (dill leaves), oleoresin dill, etc.
Last modified: Thursday, 8 March 2012, 10:05 AM