Vitamins, Inc.

Laxman Singh

Wayne K Rice

Soluble materials are continuously extracted from solids using extracting solvents such as carbon dioxide by circulating a mixture of the solids in carbon dioxide at elevated pressure through a closed loop pipeline. A mixture of extracts dissolved in carbon dioxide is continuously removed from the system and material to be extracted is continually added. Multiple extraction stages are also disclosed.

Dynamic supercritical fluid extraction system

Wheat germ oil is treated by degumming with phosphoric acid and water, bleaching with activated clay and distilled in a centrifugal molecular still at 140.degree.-200.degree. C. at pressures below 50 milli-torr. The free fatty acids which are removed by the distillation step may be recovered as valuable by-products. The phospholipids removed in the degumming step may be recovered as valuable by-products. A vitamin E concentrate may be prepared by further distilling the purified wheat germ oil at 220.degree.-300.degree. C. at pressures below 25 milli-torr.

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South Holland, IL, United States of America

Laxman Singh