Innovation & R&D

Our process optimization programme targets three simultaneous levers—extraction yield, preservation of bioactive compounds and reduction of production losses.

Each species in our portfolio has a dedicated preparation protocol—grind calibration, residual moisture control, thermal conditioning before pressing—continuously refined from production analytical data. A one-point yield gain on a high-value species flows directly into our cost structure and the price we offer clients.

Folk Oils develops vegetable oil grades to client brief—cosmetic grade with guaranteed tocopherol profile, food grade with acidity controlled below a specific threshold, deodorized fraction with defined odour threshold, multi-species blend with targeted fatty acid profile.

If your formulation requires a specification not yet covered by our standard catalogue, we review it, test it and submit it for analytical validation before any commercial proposal.

Standard lead time for new grade development: 15 to 30 working days depending on complexity.

Press cakes from our extraction process are our main current R&D development axis.

Our development pipeline continuously integrates new plant species with industrial potential—selected on functional value, direct-chain raw material availability and emerging demand from our target markets.

Each new species is analytically qualified before catalogue integration—fatty acid profile, unsaponifiable fraction, oxidative stability, compatibility with our existing extraction lines.

Folk Oils is open to development collaborations with industrial partners—co-development of specific grades, formulation trials on new species, pilot coproduct valorization programmes.

These partnerships are handled under confidentiality and follow a formal development protocol with defined analytical milestones.