Description

Safflower is a plant. The flower and oil from the seeds are used as medicine. Safflower seeds used for oil production may be either cold pressed, expeller pressed or solvent extracted .The by-product, safflower meal, is mostly used as a protein ingredient for animal feeding. Dehulling improves crushing efficiency, but the hardness of the seed coat and the extreme softness of the kernel make the operation costly and only economically viable if there is a market for hulls.