Advantages of supercritical extraction

Advantages of Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction are following:

- gentle processing of thermally unstabile substances
- no harmful residues of toxic solvents in the extract
- no loss of aroma and taste
- possibility of selective separation
- solution characteristics of SC carbon dioxide can be varied by changes of pressure and temperature
- carbon dioxide is non-flammable, inexpensive, physiologically safe (widely used in food industry)