Kantvik vegetable oil milling plant
Apetit’s Oilseed Products business includes rapeseed oils, rapeseed expeller, and BlackGrain rapeseed powder. The vegetable oils and rapeseed expeller are produced at the vegetable oil milling plant located in Kirkkonummi. The main markets for oilseed products are Finland and other Nordic countries.
The best-known consumer products are Apetit and Neito rapeseed oils. Customers for oilseed products include retail, the food service sector, the food industry, and the feed industry using rapeseed expeller.
The vegetable oil products are produced at the oil milling plant in Kirkkonummi, where rapeseed oil is obtained by mechanically pressing the seeds, and the oil is purified through physical refining. No chemical processing is used.
Rapeseed oils
Rapeseed expeller
BlackGrain from Yellow Fields rapeseed powder
Apetit’s vegetable oil milling plant uses as much rapeseed grown in Finland as possible. The plant’s annual seed requirement exceeds Finland’s harvest, and Apetit therefore engages in long-term, goal-oriented work to increase domestic rapeseed production in cooperation with farmers and other stakeholders in the sector.
Apetit aims to strengthen research and product development related to oilseed crops and to increase the value added of oilseed products. Product development has been focused on offerings for retail and professional kitchens as well as on various packaging solutions.
The bioenergy plant has reduced the climate impact of the vegetable oil milling plant
Our modern production method is designed to minimise environmental impact.
Vegetable oil milling is one of Apetit’s most energy-intensive processes. The bioenergy plant commissioned in 2021 replaced the previous energy solution based on non-renewable fuels, resulting in a significant reduction in CO₂ emissions. The plant has also increased the factory’s energy self-sufficiency.
In addition to reducing CO₂ emissions, the bioenergy plant has made it possible to utilise side streams from production efficiently in energy generation. The plant can use production side fractions as fuel, such as straw fractions arriving with seed deliveries and screening residues.