| Contents of the CD ROM
about Sesame Plant
- Uses
- Sesame Pollen
- Oil Content
- Two Varieties
- Organic Cold Pressed Filtered
Sesame Oil
- Hulled Sesame
- Food, Industrial, Nutraceutical, and Pharmaceutical
Uses of Sesame Genetic Resources
- Sesame Crop
- Crop profiles
Cultivation
- Cultivation Guide
- Cultivation tips
- Sesame & Breeding Strategies
- Sesame Industry Profile
- Nigerian Industry Profile
- Gujarat companies
Processing
- Oil Seed Processing for Small Scale
Producers
- Seasame Processing &
Marketing
- Largest Seasame Cmpany
- Standard Process Company
- World of Oil Seeds Processing
- Indian Exporter
Markets
- Market Profile
- Sesame Futures
- Israel Market & Buyers
- World wide Trading Company
- The Largest Spice Company in the World
- Pune based company
- Industry Status - Gambia
- Trade Leads & Importers
- Commodity Exchanges & Futures
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Sesame Seed
Oil Industry @ a Glance
- seasame seeds - Sesamum indicum L.,Pedaliaceae, White
sesame seed,black ,sesame seed
- other names: benne seeds, simsim, semsem, semsent,
sumsum,
- Self pollinating plant
- Sesame seeds are unusually high in oil, around 50% of
the seed weight, compared to 20% seed oil in soybeans. Sesame is
a high value food crop, being harvested both for
whole seed used in baking, and for the cooking oil extracted
from the seed.
- Sesame Seeds are used to add texture and flavor to a
variety of breads, rolls, crackers, and salad dressings
- Sesame has industrial, nutraceutical, and
pharmaceutical uses.
- Sesame seed contains lecithin which has antioxidant
and hepatoprotective activity
- China is the Largest Producer in the World
- India is the 2nd largest producer in the world.The
major producers are Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra & Rajasthan.India produces
a wide variety of sesameseeds varying in colour from whit to red
to black, with oil content varying from 40 to 50 %. The white
and black seeds are mainly used for direct consumption by its
addition in several foods and for exports. The brown seeds are
mainly used for oil extraction. These have oil content of around
45-50 %. The white seeds have the desirable nutty taste and are
used for making sweets, baked foods and confectionaries. The
black seeds are used for seasoning and for fries. Hulled seeds
are also used for snack preparation
- Other countries where the seeds are produced: China,
Korea, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, South America and several
countries in Africa.
- Largest Importer is Japan. Egypt, South Korea, USA &
Netherlands import substantial amounts of sesame seeds
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