Return to nature
Although plant extracts used in drugs, cosmetics and food products are better absorbed, they are commonly replaced with synthetic substitutes. This is due to high acquisition costs. However, there is a hope for those who prefer organic solutions. Pre-extraction technology invented and patented by MultiExtractors company enables more effective and cheaper extraction of natural plant extracts.
In the new method, the electric field affects plant cells and rapid fracture of the cell membrane. As a result, the subsequent extraction process is more efficient and less energy-consuming: less energy is used to obtain a greater amount of extract. What’s more, it contains the most valuable bioactive compounds with medicinal, nutritional and aromatic properties. Currently used methods, such as shredding, exposure to high temperature or using solvents, are harmful to the environment.
‘Laboratory tests have confirmed the effectiveness of our solution. Pre-extraction increases output by at least 65%. When performed in our device, the process is very fast: less than a minute with minimal energy consumption,’ says Tomasz Knefel, inventor of the device and founder of MultiExtractors start-up. The company was established as a part of the project for incubation of innovative business ideas under the Kielce Technology Park.
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- Tomasz Knefel, the inventor of the device and founder of the Kielce-based MultiExtractors start-up
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- Devices in the lab of the Kielce-based start-up
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- Tomasz Knefel continues to develop the IP covered pre-extraction technology
Affordable plant extracts The inspiration for the emergence of the technology was research on the possibilities of eliminating unpleasant smell of hydrogen sulphide during the sulphide bath. One of the most effective methods is the use of lavender ether compounds. The barrier to its use is the low efficiency of extracting, and thus the high cost of the material.
Both pre-extraction technology and the MultiExtractor device have been submitted to the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland as inventions.
Project: Development of pre-extraction technologies and putting into the production of the MultiExtractor device that is innovative on a global scale Project cost: approx. PLN 255 thousand, including approx. PLN 200 thousand from the European Regional Development Fund, Eastern Poland Programme