COMPANY PROFILE

Established in 2001, Honsea Sunshine Biotech has been committed to industrializing of the Supercritical Co2 extraction technology.  

All our products reflect our passion and love for nature by discovering the miracle secret benefits of the plants, sourcing high-quality botanicals, processing with certified methods.

Technology driven

As the soul department of the company, our R&D has gathered technical experts within the industry. After years of technical exploration and accumulation, Honsea Sunshine Biotech applied dozens of patents, won many innovation awards, and gain the expertise with over 100 botanicals. We expended the extraction technology from supercritical CO2 to high efficiency counter-current extraction, column membrane separation, molecular distillation, spray drying technology, etc.

Our strong R&D team also had many successes collaborating with our customer on customized new product development and co-patent application.

Customer oriented

Our team have a deep understanding of the customer’s needs and expectations. We have established a trustable and reliable reputation in the industry, have been honored by our customers such as Mars, Amway as “Grade A“ supplier.

A commitment to top quality

Honsea Sunshine is committed to provide top quality products. Control from farm, full traceability, certified quality systems (ISO9001, ISO2200, SQF, QS, kosher, halal, NSF organic), full equipped lab can process full range of analysis in house including pesticide, heavy metal etc.

Flexible production capacity

The variety of production lines enabled us to process orders from big to small with different extraction technologies.


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SUPERCRITICAL CO2 EXTRACTION
SFE- CO2

Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) is a kind of separation method to extract necessary components (or harmful components) from liquid or solid by using supercritical fluid extractant. Supercritical fluid (SCF) refers to the fluid whose temperature and pressure exceed the critical temperature and pressure. SCF has the characteristics of gas-liquid two-phase; It not only has a good ability to dissolve many liquid-solid substances, but also has a high diffusion coefficient and low viscosity equivalent to that of gas. It is easy to separate from the extracted liquid-solid substances. This solubility of the fluid is very sensitive to the small changes of the system pressure and temperature, so the solubility of various components can be adjusted by changing the system temperature and pressure. Its separation operation effect is much superior to the general separation technology, and can achieve the purpose of extracting the required substances with high purity. SCF is especially commonly used for CO2; CO2 has a critical pressure of 739kpa and a critical temperature of 31.1 ℃. It is non-toxic, non side effect, non combustible, inexpensive, non polluting to the environment, and has excellent dissolution of many natural product components. It is the best supercritical fluid. Because the temperature of CO2 supercritical extraction process is far lower than that of other existing extraction technologies, SFE technology has great application advantages in natural flavor extraction.
ADVANTAGES
·  Prevent oxidation and decomposition of heat sensitive
   active substances

1）The extraction temperature is low (generally between 35-60 ℃), which can retain the activity of effective substances to the greatest extent during the extraction process, and can extract substances with high boiling point, low volatility and easy pyrolysis at the temperature below their boiling point, effectively preventing the oxidation and decomposition of heat sensitive active substances, especially suitable for the extraction and separation of heat sensitive components and easy to oxidize components.
·  SFE CO2 is a clean and green extraction method

2）Organic solvents are not used or rarely used in the whole process to prevent harm to human body and environmental pollution in the extraction and separation process. The extracted products have no solvent residue. In addition, high-pressure fluid has strong permeability and sterilization effect. No additional sterilization is required. The products are 100% natural.
·  The product conforms to the concept of green and health

3）According to the properties of the active ingredients, the temperature and pressure of supercritical CO2 fluid are adjusted so that the active ingredients can be selectively extracted, and the heavy metal molecules with high polarity and pesticide residue molecules will not be extracted.
·  High extraction efficiency, low energy consumption and cost
   saving

4）Extraction, concentration and separation are integrated into one. The effective components of CO2 fluid are selected. When co2-scf full of target components passes through the separator, the pressure and temperature drop makes CO2 and extract quickly separate into two phases (gas-liquid or gas-solid separation) and immediately separate.
·  CO2 is recyclable and environmentally friendly

5）CO2 is an inert gas, which does not react with the extract during extraction and separation. Non combustible, odorless, non-toxic, safe, easy to obtain, high purity.
·  No harmful discharge, environmental protection

Based on the advantages of supercritical CO2 fluid extraction, SFE CO2 technology is more and more widely used in the extraction and separation of natural spices and essential oils. Different parts of natural plants have their own characteristics in chemical composition. Generally, flowers, fruits, roots and rhizomes contain aromatic volatile oil; The stems, skins, leaves and other parts contain higher pigments and pectins, and less volatile components; The contents of higher fatty acids and oils in fruits and seeds were relatively high. When supercritical CO2 fluid extraction technology is used to extract plants, the extraction of roots, rhizomes, stems, skins and fruits is generally easier to operate and has more application potential.
APPLICATION OF SFE-CO2
Based on the advantages of supercritical CO2 fluid extraction, SFE CO2 technology is more and more widely used in the extraction and separation of natural spices and essential oils. Different parts of natural plants have their own characteristics in chemical composition. Generally, flowers, fruits, roots and rhizomes contain aromatic volatile oil; The stems, skins, leaves and other parts contain higher pigments and pectins, and less volatile components; The contents of higher fatty acids and oils in fruits and seeds were relatively high. When supercritical CO2 fluid extraction technology is used to extract plants, the extraction of roots, rhizomes, stems, skins and fruits is generally easier to operate and has more application potential.
Supercritical CO2 fluid is lipophilic and has good solubility for aromatic substances, essential oils and other low polar substances. The whole extraction and separation process is carried out under low temperature and high pressure, without chemical reaction and solvent residue, and the original flavor, color and activity of components are retained to the greatest extent. The whole process is actually a physical gas-liquid separation process, especially suitable for the separation and purification of unstable natural products and physiologically active substances, In line with the international trend of natural health. SFE CO2 has become one of the most effective processes for obtaining high-quality natural extracts and essential oils. In particular, the application in natural flavor and essential oil has become the most successful field in the industrialization of SFE CO2 technology.