Molecule of water with its 18 AMU molecular weight and weakly polar characteristics, water can insinuate itself between organic molecules vastly larger than itself. During thermal heating, the vibrational motion naturally inherent in each molecule increases. This heat-induced agitation allows water to separate molecules much larger than itself, making them more cohesive and fat-soluble. The […]
In the third millennium, some superstitions and beliefs from the past seem to have come back into fashion. Certainly is given a magical touch to a molecule of ethanol with the crude formula C2H6O. The use of foods containing alcohol is lost in the mists of time: it is said that 20,000 years ago, during […]
The alchemies of the third millennium are described by modern acronyms for widely differing production processes: WD, HD, SD for the well-known steam extraction. Other acronyms indicate more complex extraction processes: RPD, IPD, TD, HyD, DryD, SE, ASE, MAE, PLE, OHE, SWE, FD, SFE CO2….. Over the last 50 years, chemical engineers have developed just […]
We began to distill lavender in the 60s, but this coincided with a much more romantic story. Liguria, a honeymoon on the Col di Nava, an advertising song on the scent of lavender … and in Casalvento it was immediately blue. It was unthinkable in the 1960s to come across specialized crops of medicinal plants, […]
From 1962 onwards, scientific rigor was applied to production, giving rise to Casalvento Laboratories. Giovanni Domini, a professor at the University of Siena, published an experimental study using gas chromatographic analysis of essential oils, correlating distillation with the balsamic properties of Lavandula Angustifolia grown in Casalvento. This milestone marked the beginning of our scientific evolution. […]
