Juice vs. Oil

United States
November 4, 2006 9:44pm CST
How do you get the oil of a lemon versus the juice? Or any other fruit or flower for that matter? I guess what is the difference between an oil and a juice in the processing?
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5 responses
@clownfish (3272)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I'm pretty sure the oil comes from the rind while the juice comes from the pulp.
• United States
6 Nov 06
So how do they get oils like Jasmine oil? Is there a jasmine fruit?
@suzieque (2334)
• Canada
5 Nov 06
Good question. I agree with response 1 and 2. I think The juice comes from the inside of the fruit, while the oil comes from the skin.
• United States
5 Nov 06
Hmm, I wonder if that is the case for all oils though, like Jasmine oil?
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• Canada
5 Nov 06
That's a good question... this is more of an educated guess than a real answer. I think the juice is the watery part you can "squeeze out" while the oil is what you would get if you pressed the skin/left-over pulp. It probably wouldn't be sticky like the juice, and is more of the residue or "essence" left over from pressing/compressing the "vegetation" part of a plant. I hope that made sense...I'm having a "wordy" day!
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• United States
5 Nov 06
Thanks for the answer. I've been trying to figure out the differences and maybe how to make essencial oils.
@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I agree and think that lemon oil is extracted from the lemon rind as opposed to the juice which comes from the fruit itself. There has to be some flavoring in the rind or else so many cooks wouldn't throw zest into their recipes.
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• United States
5 Nov 06
So now I guess the question would be: how to actually make it?
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• Pakistan
11 Jan 07
difference between an oil and a juice juice is liqved it prosees is water and fruit and oil is liqved pure dryfriuit almonut oil soya oil sunflower oil and etc
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• United States
12 Jan 07
I'm sorry but I don't understand what you are trying to express. Can you re-phrase it?