4. Market data

4.1 Industrial facilities

The SC CO ₂ extraction process has been industrialized since the 1970s. This process has found its market for specialized applications by providing distinctive technical solutions, whether through its selectivity, the purity of the extracts obtained or the biomass treated, the substitution of organochlorine and petroleum-based solvents, or the addition of complementary functionalities to conventional processes.

Finished products treated with supercritical CO ₂ cover a wide range of sectors, from agri-food to cosmetics, with highly varied production volumes: from tens of thousands of tons in agri-food to a few dozen kilograms in the pharmaceutical...