Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Solvent-free Black Pepper Oleoresin Extracts

Black pepper is the most popular spice consumed throughout the world and is known as the King of Spices. 

The oleoresin of black pepper is normally produced by extracting the pepper with organic solvents such as hexane. These techniques can thermally degrade components and produce extracts with residual solvent contamination. 

Carbon dioxide, a natural solvent, can be used to naturally extract and fractionate pepper oleoresins without any toxic residues.  In fact, supercritical carbon dioxide can separate the piperine (pungent fraction) from the essential oil (flavor fraction). The fractions can then be combined to any desired pungency/flavor composition required for specific products. 

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