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Towards Substitution of Hexane as Extraction Solvent of Food Products and Ingredients with No Regrets
2022-09-14
Abstract excerpt
Hexane is a solvent used extensively in the food industry for the extraction of various products such as vegetable oils, fats, flavours, fragrances, colour additives or other bioactive ingredients. As it is classified as a "processing aid", it does not have to be declared on the label under current legislation. Therefore, although traces of hexane may be found in final products, especially in processed products, i...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8c602c07-bee0-5182-a194-b64e8351ba76
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202209.0183.v1
