The invention discloses a method for supercritical extraction of
astaxanthin, which comprises the following steps of: granulating
haematococcus pluvialis with wall-broken superfine
powder, loading into an extraction kettle of a supercritical CO<2> extraction device, respectively raising
temperature and pressure of the extraction device to an extraction condition, starting circular extraction, keeping constant
temperature and pressure until required extraction time is kept, performing extraction by taking supercritical CO<2> as an extraction agent and
edible oil as an entrainer in an extractionprocess, and discharging and weighing from a separation kettle after the extraction is finished so as to calculate an
astaxanthin extraction rate. By the adoption of the method for the supercriticalextraction of the
astaxanthin, the
edible oil is used as the entrainer, the astaxanthin in the
haematococcus pluvialis is extracted by using a supercritical CO<2> extraction technology, and a supercritical CO<2> extraction sample can be directly prepared into an astaxanthin soft
capsule according to a conventional soft
capsule filling process. A preparation method provided by the invention has theadvantages of good stability, simple operation, short preparation time, high extraction efficiency, capability of preventing the astaxanthin from being oxidized and degraded and the like; and the astaxanthin soft
capsule prepared by the extract is safe and nontoxic.