How to get grapefruit seed extract from a grapefruit?
A homemade Grapefruit seed extract can be produced by grinding the seeds ( and pulp ) and mixing it with glycerin. What you bye as grapefruit seed extract is a mixture of seed, pulp, glycerin, and synthetic preservatives all blended together. A dry extract is manufactured using a bio-technical process that isolates all the natural protective elements from the seeds and pulp of the fruit. Details of extraction: Grapefruit pulp and seed is dried and ground into a fine powder. The powder is dissolved in purified water and distilled to remove the fiber and pectin. The distilled slurry is spray dried at low temperatures forming a concentrated flavonoid powder. This concentrated powder is dissolved in vegetable glycerin and heated. Food grade ammonium chloride and ascorbic acid are added, and this mixture is heated under pressure. The amount of ammonium chloride remaining in finished Citricidal is 15-19%; the amount of ascorbic acid remaining is 2.5-3.0%. The ammoniated mixture undergoes cat
