摘要 |
The invention relates to the food-processing industry and may be used as food additive and biological additive in the cosmetics as well as foodstuff, in medicine and veterinary. The invention relates to the method for producing the oil carotenoid concentrate from the green mass of plant material. The method comprises the washing of the raw material, the drying, the milling of the raw material, the extraction with the vegetable oil, and the separation of the liquid phase from the solid one. Upon washing, the raw material is treated with the open steam. The material is dried at the temperature of 60-65 DEGREE C for 1.5-2 hours. For the extraction, the extractant and the raw materials are taken at a 0.5-2:1 ratio. The milling of the raw material is performed in two steps by passing it through the filter-press or the thermal press.
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