Process / pipelineExtraction Chemistry
Soxhlet Extraction
Soxhlet Extraction is a continuous solvent extraction method developed by Franz Soxhlet in 1879 for determining fat and lipid content in foods. Using a specialized glassware apparatus, Soxhlet repeatedly cycles hot solvent through a food sample, extracting lipids with high efficiency. It remains the official standard method for fat determination in numerous food standards and is widely used in food analysis and quality control.
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- Soxhlet, F. von (1879). Die Gewichtsbestimmung des Kaffein-Alkaloides. Dingler's Polytechnisches Journal, 232, 461-464. link ↗
- Rüdiger, H. W. (2011). Extraction and determination of fats. In S. S. Nielsen (Ed.), Food analysis (4th ed., pp. 153-167). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1478-6 ↗