Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) offers an alternative method to conventional extraction of
fatty acids. SFE was developed for analytical application in the mid-1980s in response to the …

Chlorophylls and carotenoids are very common pigments, which give colour to vegetables
and several fruits. Because of their colour and their physico-chemical properties, they are …

As our understanding of the science and functions of color in food has increased, the
preferred colorants, forms of use, and legislation regulating their uses have also changed …

Lycopene and β-carotene were extracted from tomato paste waste using supercritical
carbon dioxide (SC-CO2). To optimize supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) results for the …

Scientific evidence linking several diseases with diet has brought to light the beneficial
effects of a number of natural food ingredients. Zeaxanthin is one such natural pigment …

The food industry is always looking for the best separation technology to obtain natural
compounds of high purity, healthy products of excellent quality with several industrial …

Carotenoids are well known for their nutritional properties and health promoting effects
representing attractive ingredients to develop innovative functional foods, nutraceutical and …

Extraction and chromatographic separation of fat-soluble vitamins is a challenging task, due
to the sensitivity of these compounds towards light, oxygen, heat and pH. In light of this …

Pulp of the buriti fruit (Mauritia flexuosa, Mart.) was extracted with supercritical CO2 to obtain
oil fractions with a high concentration of vitamins, especially β-carotene. The raw material …

An experimental design procedure was used to investigate the effects of some operating
parameters on the supercritical fluid extraction of carotenoids β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin …