Valorization of food side streams by supercritical fluid extraction of compounds of interest from apple pomace

Supercritical CO2 (scCO2) extraction, a green technology still little applied to side streams, has been used to explore the potential recovery of beneficial compounds from apple pomace, a food industry byproduct. The study examines the potential of scCO2 extraction on freeze-dried and airflow dried apple pomace, using laboratory-scale equipment with varying pressures (200–400 bar), temperatures (35–55 °C) with a fixed CO2 flow rate. Extracts were analyzed through LC-MS and GC-MS, while antioxidant capacity was assessed using the ABTS assay. The results were compared to those from Soxhlet n-hexane extraction. Optimal conditions of 300 bar and 55 °C with freeze-dried apple pomace yielded the highest mass loss. The main compounds identified included glyceryl dilinoleate, linoleic acid, and diacyl glycerol, with significant ursolic acid content. A preliminary higher scale feasibility test under optimal conditions demonstrated promising, duplicable outcomes, supporting prior claim that apple pomace contains valuable ingredients that can be reused in various industrial sectors.

Vénicia Numa, Christelle Crampon, Arnaud Bellon, Adil Mouahid, Elisabeth Badens. Valorization of food side streams by supercritical fluid extraction of compounds of interest from apple pomace. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2023, 202, pp.106056. ⟨10.1016/j.supflu.2023.106056⟩. ⟨hal-04294235⟩

Journal: Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Date de publication: 01-11-2023

Auteurs:
  • Vénicia Numa
  • Christelle Crampon
  • Arnaud Bellon
  • Adil Mouahid
  • Elisabeth Badens

Digital object identifier (doi): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2023.106056

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