CO2APPLIED TO COMMERCIAL EXTRACTION OF PEPPER: PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMICS
ByPepper conjures flavour and piquancy into food stuffs.The initiators are essential oils and spicy substances.Pepper contains some1-4% of oil and 5-1of piperine. As the solubility of the two substances in CO2 differ significantly, aroma and hot components have been separated into two fractions by a commercial CO2-extraction-process at NATECO2. The poster presents the benefits, performance and economics of the extraction with CO2.