Since carotenoids are likely to grow in importance and value, the reco
very of carotenoids from palm oil and palm oil by-products is importan
t. Numerous extracting methods have been developed to recover the caro
tenoids from crude palm oil; these include I) the saponification metho
d, 2) the iodine method, 3) the molecular distillation method, 4) extr
action by selective solvents and crystallization, 5) separation by ads
orption and 6) gel permeation. Other procedures with regard to palm oi
l methyl esters (POME) were also reported. The object of this chapter
is to classify and assess the various extracting methods proposed.