EXTRACTION, PROPERTIES AND USES OF ESSENTIAL OILS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY: A REVIEW
EXTRACTION, PROPERTIES AND USES OF ESSENTIAL OILS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY: A REVIEW
-
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.9734122419096
-
Palavras-chave: aceites esenciales, extracción, industria alimentaria, antioxidante, antimicrobiano.
-
Keywords: essential oils, extraction, food industry, antioxidant, antimicrobial.
-
Abstract: Essential oils or volatile oils are a mixture of substances of variable composition that give the characteristic aroma to different plant tissues. The composition of the oils can vary greatly depending on the extraction methods used to obtain them. In this review we will discuss in more detail distillation methods, cold expression, extraction with solvents, supercritical fluids and microwave-assisted extraction. In turn, they have a variety of uses to give flavor to foods and beverages. They stand out for their antioxidant and antimicrobial functional properties, which has increased the interest of researchers in studying their functional properties and the potential uses of essential oils in terms of food preservation, whose composition has shown to have inhibitory effects on the development of pathogenic microorganisms, however, their use as food preservatives requires a case-by-case analysis in relation to the food matrix, the type and dose of essential oil, in such a way that the preservative capacity is compatible without negatively affecting the organoleptic characteristics of the product.
- Marco Schwartz
- Cueto, S
- Schwartz, M