Opening a cold-pressed
walnut oil factory falls into the high-end, healthy oil market, offering significantly higher profit margins and more manageable risks compared to regular peanut oil and rapeseed oil. I'll provide you with a comprehensive, actionable, and financially sound solution, explaining everything from investment and equipment to processes and profits in detail.
I. Overall Positioning
Cold-pressed Walnut Oil = High-end Edible Oil + Baby Food Oil + Gift Oil + Health Oil
High Selling Price: Retail Price 80-200 RMB/catties
High Gross Profit Margin: 50%-70%
Process Requirements: Must be cold-pressed at low temperature (≤60℃), cannot be hot-pressed
II. Investment Scale
Medium-scale (5-10 tons per day)
Total Investment: 2-3 million RMB + Suitable for branding, OEM, and export
III. Small-scale Plant
with 1 Ton per Day: Complete Equipment List (Cold-pressed Dedicated)
Walnut Cleaning and Destoning Machine
Walnut Shelling Machine (Shell and Kernel Separation)
Low Temperature Preheating (Not Exceeding 60℃)
Low Temperature Cold Press (Core)
Coarse Filter
Sedimentation Tank / Oil-Water Separator
Fine Filter / Bag Filter
Oil Storage Tank
Small Filling Machine + Capping Machine
Simple Testing Equipment (Acid Value, Peroxide Value)
Complete Set: 25-40 RMB IV. Raw Materials and Costs (Key)
Walnut Kernels: 18-28 RMB/catties (depending on year and origin)
Oil Yield: Approximately 55%-65% for cold-pressed walnut oil
Producing 1 catties of walnut oil ≈ requires 1.6-1.9 catties of walnut kernels
Rough Raw Material Cost: 1 catties of oil ≈ 30-45 RMB
Including packaging, labor, and losses: Total Cost: 40-60 RMB/catties
V. Selling Price and Profit (Very Competitive)
Wholesale Price: 70-100 RMB/catties
Retail Price: 100-180 RMB/catties
Gift Box Price: 200-400 RMB/box
Daily Production: 1 ton (2000 catties)
Daily Output Value: 140,000-200,000 RMB
Daily Gross Profit: 60,000-100,000 RMB
With stable distribution channels, 30,000-80,000 RMB Payback period in one month
VI. Biggest advantage: Valuable by-products
Cold-pressed walnut cake (walnut meal)
High in protein, can be used as: baking ingredients, protein powder, animal feed, pastries
Selling price: 8-15 yuan/kilo
Can directly cover most electricity, labor, and packaging costs
VII. Required certificates (for legitimate factories)
Business license
Food production license SC (most important)
Product implementation standards
Third-party testing report
We provide
Full engineering design — tailored to your capacity and site.
Complete equipment supply — pretreatment, pressing, refining plant and more.
Installation & commissioning — professional team from start to finish.
