The use of compressed carbon dioxide to extract essential oils from primary botanicals has been an established practice for ten years. The technology involves high pressures and low temperatures in an energy efficient process which is environmentally friendly because the source of C 0 2 is a by-product of fermentations, not combustion of fossil fuels.A
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