NATECO2 to Unveil Carotenoids at FiE

WOLNZACH/FRANKFURT, Germany NATECO2_, a German extraction service provider, will show carotenoids produced by ultra-high pressure extraction up to 1,000 bar from algae at the 2013 Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) show in Frankfurt.

About one year ago, NATECO2 announced the production start of its first and largest CO2 ultrahigh pressure extraction plant, which can operate at a pressure of up to 1.000 bar. Sensitive substances such as carotenoids, like astaxanthin from algae, omega-3 fatty acids or vitamins, now can be gained with high-quality results. In addition, hardly soluble substances, which are long-chain waxes for the cosmetics industry and other large molecules, can now be extracted with CO2 gently. For comparison, classical extraction with supercritical CO2 was run at a pressure of 300 bar.

By using CO2 extraction, tea can be decaffeinated, waxes can be produced even out of press cakes, odors can be taken out of valuable substances, or very high quality oil can be processed with yields of more than 90 percent kosher, organic, ecologically friendly, and is solvent-free,  all by using biogenic CO2.

It is our specialty to accompany and implement the extraction processes of our customers from first lab tests to an industrial scale. We certainly prove this ability with our worldwide probably unique ultrahigh-pressure plant of such dimensions," said Andreas Wuzik, managing director of NATECO2.

NATECO2 has been a subcontractor of CO2 extraction for more than 30 years and operates plants with up to 16,000 liters production capacity.