Carotenoid extraction process

摘要

A process for extracting carotenoids from carotenoid-containing plant matter wherein the Brix in said plant matter is greater than 10 DEG Brix, comprising of the following steps: (i) Mixing the plant matter with water to achieve Brix not greater than 10 DEG . (ii) Crushing the mixture from stage (i) and separating the solids from the liquid to obtain two phases, pulp and serum. (iii) Extracting the pulp to obtain carotenoid-containing plant oleoresin.