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Essential Oils

A versatile ingredient whether to add that special touch to your fragrance or awake your clients' taste buds or simply to enhance a clean smell in your home.

Basil (sweet) Oil

Extracted from the leaves of Ocimum bacilicum L variety.

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Uses

Extensively in all kinds of flavours like confectionery, baked goods and spicy sauces, soups, tomato pasted and pickles as in meats, some dental and oral products and perfume compounds

Typical Analysis

Appearance

Thick liquid

Colour

Light green

Odour

characteristics of basil

Specific Gravity

0.912 - 0.935

Optical Rotation

-7° 24 - 10° 36

Refractive Index

1.4821 - 1.4939

Ester Content, Calculated As Linalyl Acetate

0.8 - 5.2%

Total Alcohol Content, Calculated As Linalool

31.7 - 41.8%

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Packaging

1, 5 and 20 litre bottles. Drums 180 kilos.

Storage

Light sensitive product. Store in tightly closed origina container in a dry, cool and dark place in light resistant containers.

Bay Oil

Extracted from the leaves of Laurus nobilis L an evergreen tree or shrub popular in the Mediterranean.

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Uses

Valuable ingredient in flavours of savoury products, meats, soups, sauces, baked goods ethnic foods and confectionery. It has also important components used in Perfumery and it is extensively used in toiletry products.

Typical Analysis

Appearance

Viscous liquid

Colour

Brownish

Odour

Characteristics of Bay leaves

Optical Rotation

-4 - -21

Refractive Index

1.460 - 1.477

Refractive Index at 20°

0.910 - 0.944

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Packaging

1,5 and 20 litre bottles. Drums 180 kilos.

Storage

Store in tightly closed original container in a dry, cool and well ventilated place.

Shelf Life

24 months if stored as advised

Cardamon Oil

Extracted from the fruits of the dried ripe Elettataria Cardamomum Maton (Fam Zingiberaceae)

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Uses

Flavours, Confectionery, cakes, sausages, sauces, liqueurs and pickles. Also in certain medicinal preparations.

Typical Analysis

Appearance

Clear liquid

Colour

Very pale yellow clear liquid

Odour

Camphoraceus. Typical of Cardamons

Specific Gravity

0.9212 - 0.936

Optical Rotation

+24

Refractive Index

1.4620 - 1.4680

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Packaging

1, 5 and 20 litre bottles. Drums 180 kilos.

Storage

Store in tightly closed original container in a dry, cool and well ventilated place. Protect from strong Sunlight.

Shelf Life

24 months when stored as advised

Garlic Oil

Extracted from the bulb of the Garlic, Allium stivumL. Liliaceae.

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Uses

In a variety of food products, bread, sauces, soups, ethnic and french recipes. Also it is used for medicinal purposes.

Typical Analysis

Appearance

Clear mobile liquid

Colour

Pale yellow to yellow

Odour

Pungent, characteristic

Specific Gravity

1.060 - 1.099

Refractive Index

1.565 - 1.585

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Packaging

1, 5 and 20 ltre bottles. Drums 180 kilos.

Storage

Store in tightly closed original container in a dry, cool and well ventilated place. Keep away from heat, sparks and open flames. Protect from freezing and direct sunlight.

Shelf Life

36 months when stored as advised

Lemon Oil

By cold extraction from the lemon peel "Citrus Limonum Risso".

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Uses

In Bakery, beverages, confectionery, sauces and dressings, toppings and fillings and fragrance.

Typical Analysis

Appearance

Liquid (inflammable)

Colour

Green to pale yellow

Odour

Characteristics of lemon peel

Specific Gravity

0.840 - 0.865

Refractive Index

1.470 - 1.475

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Packaging

In drums according with present regulations: 25,50,100 and 190kgs net.

Storage

Store in cool, dry conditions in original, unopened containers. Reseal opened containers securely.

Other Health Hazards

Flammable, Harmful. irritant. Dangerous for the environment.

Shelf Life

12 months at -2°c

Parsley Leaf (Herb) Oil

Parsley Leaf Oil is a 100% Pure and Natural Essential Oil produced by water steam distillation. Leaves of Petrselinum Crispum (Mill) A.W.Hill Apiaceae from the Serbian region.