Iranian Firm Uses Nanotechnology to Produce Natural Flavors
The Jostojougaran Nano Sanat company is among the pioneers in this field, which has been able to significantly enhance the potential properties of plant extracts by reducing the particle size of the plant extracts to the nanoscale.
According to Mehdi Ahmadi, the company’s managing director, some of the extracts’ properties, including antibacterial properties, have increased by up to ten times compared to the usual situation.
He explained that reducing the particle size increases the penetration depth of the compounds, which improves their effectiveness in various products.
The company has so far developed over 45 different types of products in the field of nano flavors and has succeeded in receiving nanoscale certification for two of its products. Ahmadi said that his company enjoys a daily production
He emphasizes that this technology not only improves the quality and shelf life of food products but also ensures consumer safety due to its biocompatibility.
In a relevant development in 2023, a group of researchers at an Iranian knowledge-based companies achieved the know-how of making a homogenizing ultrasonic machine to produce medicinal plant extracts.
Vahid Fartashvand, the managing director of the Iranian knowledge-based company and a professor of Tehran-based Al-Zahra University presented the homogenizing device as one of achievements of his company at the AbadIran exhibition, the first edition of which was inaugurated on June 13, 2023 at Tehran's Grand Mosalla. The event brought together over 300 knowledge-based companies with the best ideas to eradicate deprivation from the country via technology.
“The machine is designed using a new technology that is used to extract components from plants,” he said in an interview with Iranian media on the sidelines of the exhibition.
“Using this method, we can extract from plants such as saffron and other medicinal plants, while maintaining the quality of the plant's natural components.Instead of heating the plants, we can industrially extract effective components and present them in the form of extracts,” the researcher also said.
According to him, heating the plants for extraction will reduce the quality of the products.
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