Paprika farmers face hot times: Part 2
Continuing on from last week’s column (see FW, 25 February), this article looked at further market constraints for South African paprika farmers at the time, as well as the growing conditions needed to produce this crop.
Once the crushed paprika pods have been milled and pelleted, the pellets are packed into the extractor, where they are soaked in the solvent hexane to draw out the colour-rich oils. When this is complete, the
