date:Aug 27, 2014
e cosmetic and food industry.
Phytonext is constantly looking for valuable ingredients on which the technology can be applied. The company sees potential for citrus peel, because of the large waste streams that exist. In the juice producing industry, for example, they are thrown into the digester after squeezing. This is a waste, as the available oils in de peels are not made to use that way.
With current extraction methods, the peel must first be squeezed for the oil. Then the oil must be cle