The invention discloses a method for extracting tea oil by demulsification based on an aqueous enzymatic method. The method comprises the following steps:
processing tea seed
powder by microwaves for 60 to 120 seconds; adding
distilled water at a material-liquid
mass ratio of 1:4 to 1:8, pulping, and collecting upper-layer emulsified liquid; pulping the residual water phase and residues again, and collecting upper-layer emulsified liquid; combining the collected emulsified liquid; adding 0.5-6% of composite
enzymatic hydrolysis liquid based on the total
mass of the emulsified liquid, performing water bath enzymolysis, centrifuging, and taking upper-layer tea oil; adding an
ethanol solution into the residual emulsified liquid, performing water bath treatment, centrifuging, and collecting upper-layer tea oil; combining the collected tea oil, an
drying in vacuum. According to the method, the emulsified liquid is high in
oil content, and the process is simple, novel and practical; the emulsified liquid is subjected to composite
enzyme hydrolysis and
ethanol demulsification, so that the
enzymatic hydrolysis volume is greatly reduced, the
enzyme consumption is greatly reduced, and the process is economic and efficient; microwaves,
enzymatic hydrolysis and
ethanol are adopted for assisting in oil extraction, so that natural active ingredients of the tea oil are better preserved, and the oil extraction process is safe and nutritive.