This report provides an introduction to the principal methods of extraction with supercritical gases, illustrated by the processing of some natural products with carbon dioxide. The combination of pressure and temperature as process parameters makes it possible to vary the solvent power of the medium within certain ranges as desired without having to change the composition of the solvent, as would be necessary in conventional solvent extraction. The problem‐free handling of carbon dioxide and also of the products obtained open up possibilities whose development has only just started.