Grapeseed Oil – a new product from the Randi Group

The Randi Group is happy to announce the addition of a new product to its offering, Grapeseed Oil.

The Group added Grapeseed Oil to its portfolio of tartaric products strictly from natural origin (Tartaric Acid, Cream of Tartar, Rochelle Salt, Neutral Potassium Tartrate and Ethyl Alcohol), to consolidate even more its presence in the wine by-products processing industry.

The producer is VILLAPANA, that is part of the Randi Group since 1996.

Villapana, located in Faenza, genuine example of circular economy, gives value to its raw material in several production cycles reducing waste to a minimum.

Grapeseed Oil is a vegetable oil extracted from grape seeds. Its main nutritional value is linked to its high content of linoleic acid, an essential fatty acid of the omega-6 series, useful in the reduction of hematic cholesterol levels. Its richness in anti-oxidants contributes, furthermore, to enhance its protective properties over the cardiovascular system.

In the cosmetic field the anti-oxidant properties are also useful, to protect the skin from early aging, atmospheric agents and free radicals. Applied directly on the skin, Grapeseed Oil also has astringent, firming and stimulating properties over the capillary microcirculation.

The production process developed by Randi Group completely avoids the use of chemical solvents, differing from most of the industrial producers, to preserve as much as possible the nutritional and organoleptic qualities of the product.

It goes like this:

• PRESSING: this is a “cold pressing”, with mechanical presses that extract the oil from dried seeds
• DEGUMMING: in this phase the crude oil is filtered to eliminate gummy fibers, complex carbohydrates and phospholipids, other than heavy metals such as iron and copper. In this phase the oil is also decolored, going from a dark to a clear green color, typical of this product
• DEACIDIFYING: in this phase the oil is distilled under vacuum, to lower the acidity of the product
• WINTERIZING: in the phase the oil is cooled down and then filtered to eliminate waxes, that would make the product murky

Villapana is the only company on the market that can produce on a large scale Grapeseed Oil that is extracted and refined without the use of solvents or other chemical products, a product completely natural of the highest quality.