Process for the production of spice extracts

US4123559A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Studiengesellschaft Kohle gGmbH · DE

Inventors

• Otto Vitzthum · Bremen, DE
• Peter Hubert · Lemwerder, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 27, 1976
• Grant date: Oct 31, 1978
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23L27/11
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Process for the preparation of spice extracts by extraction of the natural spice with a supercritical gas such as carbon dioxide in which the aroma contents are first extracted with a dry gas; the flavor contents are then extracted with a moist gas and the extracted materials recovered and mixed.