Abstract:
The grape seed oil is a vegetal oil obtained from different varieties of
Vitis vinifera, a product that results from the waste of wine industry. Though
it is known by the europeans from centuries, the grape seed oil was not
produced untill the XX century, mostly because of the low content in oil,
comparative to other oil plants. The most grape seed oil is made in Italy, but
also in France, Spain, Argentina. In our country, the grape seed oil was
made for the first time in 1953, from the seeds of cooperativized sector of
viticultural and from the private persons. The high content in oil matter
justifies the separation of the seeds from the pressed grapes and their using
as row material for the oil seed making. The grape seed oil is obtained either
by pressing operation and the productivity is 4-5% or by extraction with
solvents and the productivity is 8-15%.