Baobab Oil Extra Pure

CO2 - Supercritical Extraction

For Cosmetics & Nutritional Formulations

Supercritical Extraction Process uses compressed carbon dioxide, or CO2. That is simply one of the constituents of normal air, and we breathe it and plants absorb it every moment. To get the CO2 to dissolve the lipophilic constituents, scientists determined that the gas would extract those substances if the gas was highly compressed. We mean very, very compressed, such as 200 to 500 times the pressure of the atmosphere at sea level. Normally, if you compress a gas to that extent it would turn to a liquid, but the liquid form of gases do not penetrate or dissolve as well, and thus is not the best substance for dissolving the plant oils and other lipophilic substances. Here is where the term critical� comes in. The critical� point of a gas is that temperature point over which the gas will maintain its gaseous state and not turn to a liquid. In the case of CO2, the critical point is 31 ° C. If the CO2 gas is heated up to any temperature over 31 � C (which would be over, or super� the critical� point), then it will not turn to a liquid no matter what the pressure. Scientists use CO2 gas for this purpose because it is totally harmless to humans and the environment, it is naturally occurring, and its supercritical� temperature point is very low. The supercritical process, then, uses a harmless, natural gas, heats it to some temperature over 31 degrees C and the gas is then highly compressed. The compressed gas has the density of a liquid, but is able to penetrate deeply into the plant and dissolve the lipophilic constituents. Then the pressure is carefully released, the gas just harmlessly dissipates into the atmosphere, and all that is left behind is the pure, concentrated extract. No pollution, no heat stress or damage, and no solvent residue. The extract can be a broad, virtually complete representation of the plant's lipophilic constituents.

This UNIQUE OIL can be used also for:
- LOWER CHOLESTEROL
- HIGH OMEGA 3, 6, 9 products .
- STEROLS & TOCOPHEROLS enriched products.