CO2 extraction is a competitive, sustainable and innovative solution for a wide range of API from medicinal herbs and other natural sources. Altex, AINIA’s multipurpose CO2 industrial facility, provides Pharma industry with access to high pressure CO2 processing for advanced extraction, purification and specific treatments for materials. This industrial GMP plant runs from subcritical up to 350bar supercritical CO2 conditions.
Our technology makes possible to produce CO2 extracts in accordance to client´s specifications, without affecting labile active substances and with GMP compliance, making possible to generate high-quality API´s.
Pure Cocoa butter CO2 extract is directly obtained as a white stable fine powder, ready to melt once spread over the skin. This is an example to illustrate that suitable technical ingredients interesting for pharmaceutical products may be obtained.